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Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

OF 

Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.D. 

Second  Bishop  of  Wheeling, 
July  2d,  1891, 

WHEELING,   WEST  VIRGINIA. 


<  OMPTLKD  BY 
RT.  i;i:v.  JOHN  T,  SULLIVAN,  V.Q. 


4*705" 


PREFACE. 


HE  object  of  this  compilation  is  to  put  the  details  of  the 
memorable  event  of   Et.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain's  Sacer- 
dotal Silver  Jubilee  in  permanent  form.     No  matter 
how  satisfactory  the  reports  of   the  local  press  may 
have   been,  they  are  in  their  nature  perishable  a 
the  general  public  are  concerned.     To  obviate  this  is  the 
3  purpose  entertained  in  gathering  in  a  hook  form  the  particulars  of 
the   occasion   so  grateful  to  the  honored  Prelate;    so  creditable 
«vi   to    his   clergy   and   laity,  and    so   expr  if    the    Catholics' 

tn  high   regard,  reverence   and   love   for   their   chief    pastor.     The 
S  Silver  Jubilee  proper  should,  it  seems,  be  preceded  by  a  brief  no- 
tice of  the  Diocese  of  Wheeling,  including  the  history  of  the  for- 
mation of  the  sec,  the  appointment  of  the  first  bishop,  his  Lai 
o  etc.;    the  succession  of  the   second    bishop,    Rt.   Rev.  John    J. 
^  Kain,  his  consecration,  his  eminently  successful  prosecution  of  the 
>  great  work.-  of  his  ap  tstolicpredi  .  as  well  as  hi-  own  under- 

i   takings  in  the  cause  of  religion;  finally  the  Bplendid  ovation  of 
j   the  Silver  Jubilee,  crowning,  as  it  were,  the  quarter  of  a  century 
<   of  his  ministry  in  the  Church  of  God. 


Diocese  of  Wheeling. 


HE  State  of  Virginia  was  made  a  diocese  by  the  Holy 
See  by  Apostolic  letters  dated  July  11th,  1820,  and 
was  called  the  Diocese  of  Richmond.  Its  first  bishop 
was  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Kelly,  consecrated  August  24th, 
1820,  in  Ireland,  arrived  in  this  country  January 
19th,  1821.  Ill  health  led  to  his  translation  to  Ireland 
in  1822,  where  he  died  October  9th,  1829.  For  nineteen  years 
the  See  of  Richmond  remained  under  the  administration  of  the 
Mt.  Rev.  Archbishops  of  Baltimore.  Rt.  Rev.  Richard  Vincent 
Whelan,  D.D.,  was  appointed  December  19th,  1810,  .second  bishop 
of  Richmond,  and  consecrated  March  21st,  1811 .  During  nine  years 
his  jurisdiction  extended  over  the  entire  State  of  Virginia.  On 
July  23d,  1850,  the  western  part  of  the  State  was  made  a  separate 
diocese,  and  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Whelan  translated  to  the  new  Bee  as  its 
first  bishop. 


Rt.  Rev.  Richard   V.  Whelan's   Life,  Labors,  Etc. 


Rt.  Rev.  R.  V.  Bishop  Whelan,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  in  1809,  and  made  hi>  collegiate  studies  at  Emmitsburg, 
Md.,  and  bis  philosophical  and  theological  studies  at  St.  Sul- 
pice,  Paris,  France.  A  brief  biographical  notice  o£  his  life  and 
labors  is  given  by  Richard  II.  Clark,  LL.D.,  "  Lives  of  the  De- 
ceased Bishops  «»f  the  Catholic  Church  in  United  States."  After 
an  episcopate  of  thirty-three  years  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Wnelan  died  in 
Baltimore,  his  birthplace,  July  7th,  1874.  As  a  prelate  his  rec- 
ord is  as  bright  and  glorious  as  that  of  any  bishop  of  the  church 


6  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

from  the  days  of  the  Most  Rev.  John  Carroll,  first  bishop  in  the 
States,  to  his  own  day.  He  was  a  model  in  everything — simple  as 
a  child,  gifted  and  learned  in  an  extraordinary  degree.  He  was  a 
man  of  indomitable  will,  of  wonderful  courage  and  of  a  power  of 
endurance  that  knew  no  bounds.  It  was  frequently  remarked 
that  he  lived  out  of  his  time  ;  that  he  belonged  to  the  great  galaxy 
of  Fathers  of  the  early  church.  As  a  churchman  his  life  was  so 
grand,  so  heroic  that  it  may  be  termed  apostolic.  The  demon- 
stration on  the  occasion  of  his  funeral  July  10th,  1874,  attested 
the  veneration  in  which  he  was  held  by  the  whole  community, 
non-Catholic  as  well  as  Catholic. 

The  Diocese  was  wisely  and  ably  governed  from  July  7th, 
1874,  to  May,  1875,  by  Very  Rev.  H.  F.  Parke,  administrator 
sede  vacante. 


Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.D. 


Y  Apostolic  Letters,  bearing  date  February  12th,  1875, 
Rev.  John  J.  Kain  was  appointed  second  bishop  of 
Wheeling.  The  diocese  comprises  the  State  of  West 
Virginia,  except  the  following  counties,  which  are  in 
the  Diocese  of  Richmond  :  Pendleton,  Grant,  Mineral, 
Hardy,  Hampshire,  Morgan,  Berkeley  and  Jefferson ; 
also  all  that  portion  of  the  State  of  Virginia  lying  west  of  the 
counties  of  Patrick,  Franklin  and  Roanoke ;  also  that  portion  of 
Craig  County  which  in  1850  belonged  to  the  County  of  Mont- 
gomery. 

Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain's  consecration  took  place  in  the  Wheel- 
ing Cathedral,  May  23d,  1875. 


or  Kt.  Rev.  Johx  J.  Kaix,  D.D.  7 

Farewell  Correspondence  Between  Bishop  Kain  and 
His  Old  Congregation. 


To  the  Rigid  Rev.  Dr.  J.  J.  Kain,  Bishop  of  Wheeling: 

Very  Rev.  Sir:  In  view  of  your  recent  elevation  to  the  dig- 
nity of  the  mitre,  we,  the  undersigned,  members  of  your  late  con- 
gregation at  Harper's  Ferry,  beg  leave  to  give  expression  to  our 
feelings  on  this  auspicious  event.  Our  emotions  are  singularly 
compounded  of  grief,  satisfaction  and  pride.  We  feel  that  your 
inevitable  removal  from  us  will  entail  a  loss  not  easily  remedied, 
for  we  but  echo  the  general  opinion  entertained  by  men  of  all  re- 
ligious denominations  in  this  community  when  we  say  that,  while 
your  zeal  in  the  cause  of  heaven  has  been  singularly  fruitful  in 
good,  your  talents  and  learning  have  rendered  the  services  of  the 
Church  more  than  usually  attractive,  and  commanded  the  respect 
of  even  indifference  and  unbelief. 

Our  sorrow,  however,  is  more  than  counterbalance.  1  by  the  re- 
flection that  our  loss  is  the  gain  of  the  Church,  and  that  your  re- 
moval from  us  only  gives  a  wider  field  for  the  exercise  of  the 
extraordinary  powers  with  which  you  are  professedly  endowed, 
and  which  were  partially  lost  to  religion  while  yon  occupied  the 
comparatively  obscure  position  of  a  missionary  priest.  The  church 
has  again  fallen  on  evil  days,  and  not  even  when  the  heroic 
Athanasius  combatted  the  first  great  heresy,  and  vindicated  the 
Godhead  of  her  divine  founder,  or  when  the  ferocious  feuds  of 
Guelphs  and  Ghibellines  obliged  the  Pontiffs  to  take  refuge  among 
the  peaceful  shades  of  Avignon,  did  the  tempest  rage  as  it  does 
now  around  the  "Barque  of  Peter."  The  Eoly  See  realizes  this 
fact,  and  inspired  as  ever  by  divine  wisdom,  it  is  nol  alow  in  rec- 
ognizing the  clear  heads  and  atoul  hearts  which  the  occasiozi  de- 
mands, and  which,  in  pursuance  of  God's  promise,  are  never  lack- 
ing, and  we  reflect  with  pride  that  our  beloved  pastor  has  been 
designated  by  the  infallible  Vicar  of  Christ  as  one  to  whom  the 


8  Saceedotal  Silver  Jubilee 

helm  may  be  safely  entrusted.  With  these  mingled  feelings  we 
present  you  with  this  expression  of  our  good  will,  and,  as  we  pray 
that  your  future  course  may  not  belie  the  glorious  promise  of  your 
youth,  we  beg  that  you  reciprocate  by  invoking  for  us  the  blessing 
of  the  God  whom  you  have  so  faithfully  served,  and  in  whose  army 
you  now  take  so  exalted  a  rank.  Trusting  that  our  mutual  good 
wishes  and  prayers  may  meet  the  favorable  attention  of  heaven. 

We  remain  your  ever  faithful  and  loving  children  in  Christ. 

My  Dear  Friends  and  Beloved  Children  of  Christ:  Mine  is 
not  an  easy  task  to  put  in  words  what  my  heart  now  feels.  Your 
address,  with  its  accompanying  token  of  affectionate  esteem,  has 
aroused  me  to  a  fuller  realization  of  my  approaching  change,  and 
the  sad  parting  it  will  entail. 

I  have  given  the  matter  much  serious  thought.  I  have  often 
looked  ahead  and  brought  to  mind  the  coming  separation  from 
my  dearly  loved  flock,  and  the  pain  it  was  going  to  inflict.  But 
as  the  time  draws  near  for  my  final  departure,  I  feel  more  keenly 
the  pang  of  parting,  and  whilst  I  thank  you — but  thank  is  too 
cold  and  formal  a  word;  I  only  use  it  for  want  of  a  better  — 
whilst,  then,  I  thank  you  from  my  heart  for  the  kind,  affectionate 
sentiments  you  express  towards  me,  I  cannot  but  own  that  their 
very  expression  has  made  me  feel  very  sad,  for  I  am  thereby 
warned  how  soon  the  rending  will  come  of  ties  most  dear  and 
sacred — how  soon  I  must  forever  leave  those  among  whom  I  have 
spent  all  the  years  of  my  ministry,  and  whom  I  have  grown  to 
love  with  all  a  father's  affection. 

Cheerfully  would  I  still  minister  to  you  and  spend  my  remain- 
ing years  among  you,  for  you  have  always  showed  me  the  docility 
and  devotedness  which  gladdens  the  heart  and  stimulates  the  zeal 
of  a  pastor  of  souls.  But  God,  our  Master,  has  deemed  it  other- 
wise, and  you  and  I  must  bow  in  humble  submission  to  His  will, 
as  expressed  in  the  voice  of  His  Vicar  upon  earth — the  Sovereign 
Pontiff. 

Though  I  must  now  leave  my  present  home,  endeared  by  so 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.  D.  9 

many  pleasant  memories,  I  shall  ever  entertain  in  my  heart  the 
most  grateful  recollection  and  wannest  appreciation  of  your  kind- 
ness and  affection,  of  which  your  handsome  and  so  appreciated  a 
gift  is  the  pledge,  as  it  will  be  the  memento. 

That  God  may  bless  you  with  every  good  gift  is   the  fervent 
wish  and  daily  prayer  of  your  devoted  friend  and  father  in  Christ, 

John  -I.   Kain, 
Bisfo  p  elect   of    Wheeling. 

As  the  election  and  consecration  of   Rev.  .John  J.  Kain  as 

Bishop  of  Wheeling  is  the  great  event  of  twenty-fiv<  of  his 

priesthood,  it  is  deemed  becoming  to  record  the  fact  with  its 
solemn  ceremonies  in  this  Silver  Jubilee  pamphlet. 


(From  Daily  Intelli  .  May  J4th,  1875). 

Consecration  Ceremonies  of  Rt.  Rev.  J.  J.  Kain,  1>.1». 


Ill-]  consecration  of  a  Bishop  is  considered  one  of  the 
most  august  ceremonies  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church.     The  various  ceremonii  iplendid  and 

impressive,  and,  in  the  words  of  a  late  distinguished 
prelate,  "  those  who  regard  it  as  an  idle  display, 
Btr  o  it.-  nature  and  meaning."     The  essentia] 

rite  by  which  the  power  of  the  Episcopacy  i-  communicated  is  the 
imposition  of  hands,  with  prayer;  hut  every  ceremony,  such  a-  the 
preparatory  examination,  the  delivery  of  the  emblems  of  pastoral 
authority,  etc.,  hae  a  significance.  The  entire  ceremony,  when 
thoroughly  understood,  i.-  at  once  beautiful,  interesting,  and  im- 
posing. 

A   CROWDED  CATHEDRAL. 

The   death  of    lit.    Rev.    Bishop    Whelan,  of    this   dicx 
about  one  year  ago,  and  the  Bubsequenl  appointment  oi  Rev.  -I.  .1. 
Kain,  of  Martmsburg,  W.  Va.,  aa  his  successor,  are  well  known 


10  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

to  the  public.  The  consecration  of  the  new  Bishop  was  looked 
forward  to  with  an  unusual  degree  of  interest,  it  being  the  first 
ceremony  of  the  kind  ever  witnessed  in  the  Virginias,  either  be- 
fore or  since  the  birth  of  the  new  State.  It  had  been  announeed 
that  Bishop  Kain  would  be  consecrated  on  Sunday  morning,  May 
23d,  and  for  some  weeks  past  the  clergy  in  this  city  were  engaged 
in  active  preparations  for  the  important  event.  An  immense 
crowd  was  attracted  to  the  Cathedral,  many  coming  from  a  dis- 
tance to  witness  the  imposing  ceremony.  By  10  o'elock  in  the 
morning  the  edifice  was  crowded  in  every  part,  and  hundreds  were 
unable  to  obtain  even  a  glimpse  of  the  inside  of  the  church. 
Among  the  distinguished  gentlemen  who  occupied  seats  in  the 
Cathedral  were  several  of  the  officers  of  the  State  government, 
members  of  both  branches  of  the  Legislature,  members  of  the 
City  Council,  and  leading  clergymen  of  the  city  and  vicinity. 

DECORATED  AND  ILLUMINATED. 

The  interior  of  the  Cathedral  was  handsomely  decorated  with 
flowers  and  evergreens.  Inside  the  chancel,  above  the  altars  and 
thrones,  over  the  images  and  on  the  walls  around  the  chapels, 
beautiful  flowers  had  been  arranged  with  much  taste  and  effect ; 
and  the  myriads  of  gas  jets  and  wax  candles  shone  upon  a  brilliant 
scene.  The  pillars  of  the  church  were  trimmed  with  evergreen, 
with  white  roses  at  intervals. 

ARRIVAL  OF  PROCESSION. 

About  10:30  o'clock,  Prof.  Herman  Ebeling  began  a  volun- 
tary upon  the  organ,  and  an  instant  later  the  procession  entered 
the  Cathedral  from  the  door  opening  on  Eoff  Street,  in  the  fol- 
lowing order : 

Cross-bearers  with  cross. 

Torch-bearers. 

Thurifers  bearing  censers  with  burning  incense. 

The  Acolytes. 

Ecclesiastical  Students. 


of  Rt.  Rev.  Johs  .).    Kain,  D.D.  11 

Diocesan   Priests — about  twenty-four  in  number. 

Eminent  clergy  of  other  dioceses — about  thirty  in  all. 

Hi-hops  Rosecrans,  Domenec,  Shanahau  and  O'Hara. 

.Rev.  J.  J.  Kain,  the  Bishop-elect,  supported  on  cither  Bide  by 

Bishops   Becker  and  Gibbons. 

Archbishop  Bayley. 

Arch  Priest,  Deacon  and  Sub-Deacon. 

how  tup:  participants  WERE  CLOTHED. 

Bishop  Rosecrans,  of  Columbus,  Ohi<>;  Bishop  Domenec,  of 
Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Bishop  Shanahau,  of  Harrisburg,  l'a.;  ami  Bishop 
O'Hara,  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  were  dressed  in  purple  mantelets  or 
capes.  Bishops  Becker  and  Gibbons  were  in  Bishop's  vesture  and 
caps,  but  the  Bishop-elect  appeared  only  in  dark  BOUtau  and  -ur- 
plice.  Archbishop  Bayley  wore  his  cope  and  mitre,  and 
carried  in  his  right  hand  his  crosier.  As  usual,  the  traditional 
train-hearers  were  on  hand  to  hear  the  Bishops'  long  train. 

Upon  arriving  in  the  chancel,  Archbishop  Bayley,  of  Haiti- 
more,  who  officiated  as  Consecrator,  was  vested  in  lull  pontificals. 
The  Bishop-elect  put  on  the  aniict,  all),  cincture  and  stole,  crossed 
upon  his  heart  as  a  priest,  and  took  the   cope  and  sandals. 

Bishops  Rosecrans   and    Shanahau  took   .-eats   on    the   right  of 

the  altar,  the  former  next  to  an  inner  d \  and    the  latter  nearer 

the  congregation.  On  the  left  of  the  altar,  and  near  the  Arch- 
bishop's'throne,  Bishops  O'llara  and  Domenec  seated  themselves. 
The  former  sat  next  to  the  congregation.  The  members  of  the 
clergy  were  -eated  just  in  front  of  the  chancel. 

consecrator  AM>  assistants. 

Archbishop  Bayley,  the  ( lonsecrator,  was  assisted  by  Very  Rev. 
J.  Paul  Dubreul,  President  of  St.  Mary'-  Beminary,  Baltimore, 
as  Arch-Priest,  and  the  assistants  of  the  Bishop-elecl  were  Bishop 
Gibbons,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  and  Bishop  Becker,  of  Wilmington, 
Delaware.  Rev.  Stanislaus  Perte,  Preaidenl  of  St.  Charles  Col- 
lege, near  Baltimore,  was  the  Master  of  Ceremonies;    Rev.  D. 


12  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

O'Connor,  of  Clarksburg,  W.  Va.,  was  Deacon  of  the  Mass,  and 
Rev.  Joseph  W.  Stenger,  of  Charlestown,  W.  Va.,  Sub-Deacon. 

THE  OPENING  CEREMONIES. 

After  the  Consecrator  had  been  vested  he  sat  down  at  the 
altar,  and  the  elect,  wearing  his  small  cap,  was  led  to  him  by  the 
assistant  Bishops,  who  saluted  the  Consecrator  and  sat  down, 
Bishop  Becker,  as  the  senior  Bishop,  on  the  right,  and  Bishop 
Gibbons  on  the  left  of  the  elect.  A  pause  ensued,  when  the  as- 
sistant Bishops  uncovered  their  heads  and  rose,  and  Bishop  Becker 
addressed  the  Consecrator,  stating  in  Latin  that  he  was  required 
"  to  raise  this  priest  here  present  to  the  burthensome  office  of 
Bishop." 

THE  APOSTOLIC  COMMISSION  READ. 

The  Consecrator  then  asked  the  senior  assistant  if  he  had  the 
Apostolic  Commission,  and  upon  being  answered  in  the  affirmative 
commanded  that  it  be  read.  The  document  was  presented  by  the 
assisting  Bishop  to  the  Consecrator's  Notary,  who  read  it  aloud. 
When  he  had  concluded,  the  Consecrator  said  "  Thanks  be  to 
God."  Not  only  this  "  Papal  Bull,"  but  the  ceremony  through- 
out, with  the  exception  of  the  sermon,  was  in  the  Latin  language. 

TAKING  THE  OATH. 

The  Consecrator  then  administered  to  the  elect  his  oath  of 
duty  and  fidelity,  a  literal  translation  of  which  is  here  presented  : 

"  I,  1ST.,  elect  of  the  church  of  1ST.,  will  be  from  this  hour  hence- 
forward obedient  to  blessed  Peter  the  Apostle,  and  to  the  Holy 
Roman  Church,  and  to  the  most  blessed  Father,  Pope  N.,  and  to 
his  successors  canonically  chosen.  I  will  assist  them  to  retain  and 
to  defend  against  any  man  whatever  the  Roman  Popedom,  with- 
out prejudice  to  my  rank.  I  will  take  care  to  preserve,  defend 
and  promote  the  rights,  honors,  privileges  and  authority  of  the 
Holy  Roman  Church,  of  the  Pope,  and  of  his  successors,  as  afore- 
said. With  my  whole  strength  I  will  observe,  and  cause  to  be 
observed  by  others,  the  rules  of  the  Holy  Fathers,  the  decrees,  or- 


of  Et.  Rbv.  Johm  J.  Kain,  D.D.  13 

dinances  or  dispositions,  ami  mandates  of  the  Apostolic  See. 
When  called  to  a  Synod,  I  will  come,  unless  I  be  prevented  by  a 
canonical  impediment.  I  will  personally  visit  the  Apostolic  See 
once  every  ten  years,  and  render  an  account  to  our  most  blessed 
Father  N.,  and  his  successors  as  aforesaid,  of  my  whole  pastoral 
office,  and  of  everything  in  any  way  appertaining  to  the  state  of 
my  Church,  to  the  discipline  of  the  clergy  and  people,  and  to  the 
salvation  of  the  souls  entrusted  to  my  care,  and  I  will  humbly  re- 
ceive in  return  the  Apostolic  mandates,  and  most  diligently  exe- 
cute them.  But  if  I  be  prevented  by  a  lawful  impediment,  I  will 
perform  all  the  things  aforesaid  by  a  certain  messenger  specially 
authorized  for  this  purpose,  a  priest  of  the  diocese,  or  by  Borne 
secular  or  regular  priest  of  tried  virtue  and  piety,  well  instructed 
on  all  the  above  subjects. 

"  I  will  not  sell  nor  give  away  nor  mortgage,  enfeoff  anew, 
nor  in  any  way  alienate  the  possessions  belonging  to  my  table, 
without  the  leave  of  the  Roman  Pontiff.  And  Bhould  I  pn 
to  any  alienation  of  them,  1  am  willing  to  contract,  by  the  very 
fact,  the  penalties  specified  in  the  Constitution  published  on  this 
subject." 

The  above  oath  was  taken  on  bended  knees.  The  Consecrator 
sat  wearing  his  mitre,  because  he  excreted  authority,  and  because 
he  was  the  superior  of  the  Bishop-elect.  The  frequent  taking  off 
and  putting  on  of  his  mitre  arose  from  the  variety  of  offices  which 
he  performed  through  the  ceremony.  When  answering  the  Con- 
secrator, the  Bishop-elect  uncovered  his  head  to  signify  respect. 

EXAMINATION  AND  MA 

After  the  oath  had  been  administered  the  elect  and  his  a 
ant.-  were  seated,  and  the  Consecrator  and  assistants  proa 
with  the  form  <»f  examination. 

The  examination    being  closed,  the  elect  Was  led  by  the  g£ 
ant   Bishops  to  the  Consecrator,  before  whom  he   knelt  and  ; 
hi-  band.     The  Oonsecrator,  laying  off  Ins  mantle,  turned  to  the 
altar  and  commenced  the  Mass  as  usual,  the  elect  being  at  his  left 


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hand  and  the  assistant  Bishops  at  their  seats.     After  confession 

the  Consecrator  proceeded  to  the  altar  and  continued  the  Mass  to 

the  last  verse,  and  at  that  part  he  again  took  his  seat  before  the 

altar. 

"KYRIE"  AND  "GLORIA." 

During  this  Mass  the  "  Kyrie  "  and  "  Gloria  "  from  "  Farmers' 
Mass  "  were  sung  in  B  flat  by  the  choir.  The  choir  of  the  Cath- 
edral has  about  seventeen  members,  but  a  number  of  well  known 
singers  kindly  volunteered  their  services  for  the  occasion,  and  aug- 
mented the  number  of  voices  to  thirty-three,  under  the  leadership 
of  Mrs.  Whittaker.  Prof.  Ebeling  presided  at  the  organ.  The 
fugue  at  the  end  of  the  "  Gloria  "  was  rendered  by  Mrs.  Whit- 
taker, Miss  Hubbard,  Mr.  Peaselee  and  Mr.  Caldwell. 

DUTY  OF  A  BISHOP. 

The  elect  was  again  presented  to  the  Consecrator,  when  all 
took  their  seats,  and  the  Consecrator  stated  the  duties  and  powers 
of  the  Episcopacy  in  these  simple  terms :  "  It  is  the  duty  of  a 
Bishop  to  judge,  to  interpret,  to  consecrate,  to  ordain,  to  offer,  to 
baptize,  and  to  confirm."  All  then  arose  and  the  Consecrator,  re- 
taining the  mitre  in  token  of  his  authority,  and  standing,  as  one 
earnest  in  soliciting  their  prayer,  invited  the  faithful  to  unite  with 
him  in  prayer,  "  that  God  would  bestow  the  abundance  of  grace 
upon  the  elect  Bishop." 

During  the  recital  of  the  Litanies,  however,  the  Consecrator 
knelt  with  the  mitre  on  his  head,  as  humbling  himself,  even  in  his 
official  capacity,  to  God.  His  head  was  uncovered  whenever  he 
immediately  addressed  God  in  prayer.  The  assistant  Bishops  also 
knelt,  resting  forward  upon  their  seats,  wearing  then-  mitres. 
The  elect  lay  prostrate  at  the  left  hand  of  the  Consecrator.  At 
the  several  parts  of  the  petitions  the  assistant  Bishops  made  the 
sign  of  the  cross,  but  did  not  rise  from  their  knees. 

THE  PROSTRATION 
of  the  Bishop-elect  on  the  floor  of  the  sanctuary  was  perhaps  ex- 
pressive of  the  interior  humiliation  of  the  soul  in  the  presence  of 


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the  majesty  of  God.     While  all  the  c  fcion  and  clergy  w 

kneeling  the  Consecrator   rose  ap,    and   with  In-  crosier  in  his 

left  hand,  turned  toward  them  and  prayed  aloud  that  "  God  may 

vouchsafe  to  bless  f  and  sanctify  t  and  consecrate  t  this  elect  here 

present." 

THE  PLACING  OF  HAND-. 

The  Litanies  concluded,  the  Consecrator,  aided  by  the  assistant 
Bishops,  placed  the   Bible,  open,  upon  the  shoulders  of  the  eli 
who  knelt  before  him.     [t  was  placed  inversely,  so  that  the  bottom 
of  the  page  was  turned  toward  the  Consecrator,  and  was  so  held 

by  one  of  the  clergy  until  it  was  given  to  the  elect.     The  i 

tion  meant  to  be  conveyed  by  this  rite  was  that  the  Gospel  should 

not  be  to  him  a  sealed  book. 

The  Consecrator  and  assistant   Bishops  then  put  their  hands 
simultaneously  upon  the  head  of  the  elect,  each  of  them  touch] 
the  head  with  both  hands,  saying, "  Receive  thou  the  Holy  Gl 
The  prayers  which  followed  determine  the  Imposition  of  hands  to 
signify  and  confer  the  grace  and  power  of  the  Episcopa.  y. 

THE  ANOINTING. 
The  Sacred  Canticle,  altera  Bhort  prayer,  was  sung  by  the 
Consecrator,  after  which  the  head  of  the  elect  was  bound  with 
some  tine  linen  prepared  for  the  purpose.  The  Consecrator,  on 
bended  kne<  ,  iegan  the  hymn,  "Veni  Creator  Spiritus,"  which 
was  continued  by  the  rest.  While  the  choir  were  singing  the  hymu 
th«'  Consecrator  seated  himself,  and,  wearing  the  mitre,  made  the 

pign  ofa  CrOJ  -  with  holy  chri.-nioii  the  head  of  the  I  bop,  and 

anointed  the  whole  crown,  saying,  "  -May  thy  head  be  anointed  and 
consecrated  with  heavenly  blessing,  in  the  Pontifical  Order,  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,!  and  of  the  8on,tand  of  the  Holy  Gh08t.t" 
This  unction,  which  is  intended  to  signify  the  interior  unction  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  is  a  rite  of  antiquity  in  the  Latin  Church.  , 
Consecrator,  after  cleansing  his  thumb  with  a  crumb  of  bread,  laid 

aside  his  mitre  and  arose  and  delivered  a  brief  address,  which  was 

followed  by  an  antiphon  chanted  by  the  clergy. 


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ANOINTING  OF  THE  HANDS. 

Psalm  CXXXII  was  also  chanted  by  the  clergy,  during  which 
the  elect  had  a  cloth  placed  upon  his  neck  to  support  his  hands,  and 
joining  them  side  by  side  knelt  before  the  Consecrator,  who 
anointed  the  palms  with  chrism  in  the  figure  of  a  cross,  and  then 
their  entire  surface.  This  unction  is  intended 'to  signify  the  powers 
that  are  imparted  to  him. 

BLESSING  THE  CROSIER  AND  RING. 

The  Consecrator  again  cleansed  his  thumb  with  a  piece 
of  bread,  and  laying  aside  his  mitre,  arose  and  blessed  the  crosier, 
which  he  sprinkled  with  holy  wafer.  The  crosier,  or  the  pastoral 
staff,  is  blessed  to  signify  that  the  power  of  the  pastoral  office 
must  be  derived  from  "  God,  the  supporter  of  human  weakness." 
The  newly-consecrated,  kneeling,  received  the  staff  with  his  fore 
and  middle  fingers,  without  disjoining  the  hands,  which  were  sus- 
pended from  the  neck  in  a  linen  scarf,  through  reverence  for  the 
oil  with  which  they  were  anointed.  The  ring  was  then  blessed, 
sprinkled  with  holy  water,  and  placed  upon  the  proper  finger  of 
the  right  hand  of  the  consecrated.  The  ring  is  an  emblem  of  the 
fidelity  which  a  Bishop  owes  to  the  Church. 

"THE  KISS  OF  PEACE." 

The  Bible  was  then  taken  from  the  shoulders  of  the  consecra- 
ted and  placed  in  his  hands,  and  he  was  commanded  to  go  and 
preach  to  the  people  committed  to  his  care.  He  then  received  the 
kiss  of  peace  from  the  Consecrator  and  his  assistants,  each  saying 
to  him,  "Peace  be  to  thee,"  and  he  answering,  "  And  with  thy 
spirit."  After  this  he  was  conducted  to  a  side  chapel,  where  the 
crown  of  his  head  was  rubbed  and  dried,  to  take  away  the  chrism, 
and  his1  hair  adjusted.  The  Mass  was  proceeded  with  to  the  offer- 
tory, when  "  Credo,"  from  "  Farmers'  Mass,"  was  sung  by  Miss 
Hubbard,  Mrs.  Whittaker,  Mr.  Lucas  and  Mr.  Caldwell. 
BISHOP  GIBBONS'  SERMON. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  music,  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Gibbons, 
of  Richmond,  Ya.,  delivered  an  eloquent  sermon,  taking  for  his 


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text  the  5th  chap,  of  the  2nd  Epistle  of  St.  Paul  to  the  Corinthi- 
ans, beginning  with  the  18th  verse.  We  are  unable  to  give  more 
than  a  brief  outline  of  the  Rt.  Reverend  gentleman's  remarks. 

He  commenced  by  saying  that  the  vast  assemblage  he  wit- 
nessed before  him,  consisting  not  only  of  regular  members  of  the 
congregation,  bnt  State  and  City  officials,  besides  other  eminent 
person-,  came  not  merely  to  pay  their  homage  to  God  and  their 
respects  to  the  new  Bishop,  hut  for  the  laudable  desire  of  witness- 
ing the  imposing  ceremony  of  the  consecration  of  a  Bishop.  It 
was  the  lirst  time  such  a  ceremony  had  been  performed  either  in 
Virginia  or  West  Virginia.  The  Bishop  is  appointed  by  Almighty 
God  to  rule  the  Church,  to  study  God's  interest,  to  vindicate 
his  honor,  and  to  promote  his  love  among  the  people  of  the 
Church.  Not  only  does  Christ  Jesus  authorize  the  Apostles  and 
successors  to  preach  the  Gospel,  but  he  commands  those  nations 
to  whom  such  a  minister  is  sent  to  listen  and  obey,  under  the  most 
severe  penalties.  And  this  is  not  all.  When  an  embassador  is 
sent  from  our  country  to  Europe  he  is  honored.  So  Christ,  our 
Chief  Magistrate,  honors  his  Bishops.  He  will  no  longer  call 
them  servants,  but  friends.  What  a  prerogative  to  In- called  upon 
by  Heaven  to  bear  the  olive  branch  of  peace — to  represent  the 
glorious  Gospel,  which  holds  out  to  every  one  the  blessed  hope  of 
immortality!  The  Apostles  of  Jesus  Christ  arc  not  only  hia  em- 
bassadors but  his  dispensers  of  mercy.  To  some  people  the 
Bishop  is  like  other  men,  but  in  the  eye  of  faith  he  is  exalted.  To 
him  belongs  the  sublime  prerogative  of  reconciling  the  sinner — 
that  stupendous  power  of  consecrating  their  body  and  blood — to 
him  alone  belongs  the  power  of  communicating  the  Holy  <> 
by  the  Bacrament  of  Confirmation.  A  temporal  prince  ha-  the 
power  to  cast  into  prison — but  his  power  is  only  over  flesh  and  blood. 
He  dor-  not  penetrate  the  sanctuary  of  the  soul.  A  Bishop 
spiritual  prince,  presiding  not  over  unwilling  subjects,  but 
the  hearts  of  his  children.  lie  i>  a  judge,  called  upon  to  pro- 
nounce sentence,  not  of  condemnation  but  of  mercy — he  is  a 
builder,  to  construct  the  Heavenly  Jerusalem,  the  house  of  I 


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Such  is  the  dignity  and  such  the  authority  with  which  this  young 
prelate  will  be  invested  who  from  this  day  forth  is  to  preside  over 
the  spiritual  destinies  of  this  diocese. 

Your  young  Bishop  has  not  sought  the  office,  but  the  office 
has  sought  him.  Much  as  he  appreciates  the  honor  of  presiding 
over  the  diocese  to  which  he  has  been  called,  if  left  to  his 
own  choice  his  humility  would  probably  have  prompted  him  to 
prefer  working  as  an  humble  missionary  in  the  diocese  where 
everything  had  become  endeared  to  him.  He  comes  with  the 
approbation  of  the  Bishops  of  the  province  of  Baltimore.  To  all 
of  them  he  is  known  by  a  pure  and  upright  reputation  which  has 
never  been  stained  by  the  breath  of  calumny.  The  longer  you 
know  him  the  more  you  will  honor  and  love  him.  He  will  preach 
to  you  with  a  simple  but  pure  Christian  spirit,  which  has  become 
much  more  elevated  by  the  force  of  personal  example.  He  is 
yours  and  you  are  his.  From  this  day  forth  you  will  occupy  the 
first  place  in  his  heart  and  affection.  He  will  be  the  guardian 
angel  of  you  and  of  the  Church.  He  will  be  to  you  like  one  of 
the  angels  whom  Jacob  saw  on  that  mystic  ladder  bringing  mes- 
sages from  God  to  man.  He  will  recommend  himself  to  you  by 
his  financial  ability  and  business  tact — an  ability  almost  indispen- 
sable in  some  of  the  southern  dioceses,  where  the  resources  are 
limited.  He  has  already  signified  his  ability  in  this  respect  by 
erecting  two  churches  and  paying  for  the  same.  I  know  that 
your  young  Bishop  will  receive  a  loyal  and  a  heart-felt  reception 
from  your  hands.  You  will  receive  him  with  joy,  as  he  comes  to 
you  with  the  authority  of  Jesus  Christ.  You  will  rally  around 
him  and  sustain  him  in  all  his  undertakings,  rejoice  at  his  pros- 
perity and  grieve  should  any  calamity  occur.  I  am  indeed  re 
joiced  at  the  harmony  existing  in  this  country  between  the  clergy 
and  the  people.  I  pray  the  day  may  never  come  when  the  clergy 
will  become  salaried  servants  of  the  Government — it  would  per- 
haps dictate  to  us  what  doctrines  we  ought  to  maintain.  But, 
brethren  of  the  clergy,  I  see  from  your  cordial  faces  that  your 
new  Bishop  will  receive  from  your  hands  a  hearty  reception.    The 


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expression  of  your  countenances  to-day  differs  from  the  occasion  of 
my  last  visit — when  the  remains  of  your  venerable  prelate  lay  cold 
in  death.  You  were  sad  in  your  hearts  ;  disconsolate,  discouraged 
because  your  leader  was  gone.  You  missed  the  sound  of  that 
majestic  voice  which  had  been  accustomed  to  inspire  you  with 
confidence.  Your  Church  was  draped  in  mourning,  and  sorrow 
filled  the  hearts  of  your  people.  A  universal  gloom  was  spread 
over  the  whole  city.  You  are  cheerful  to-day  because  the  Church 
renews  its  strength.  The  diocese  has  cast  off  its  weeds  of  mourn- 
ing— the  Bishop  lost  is  found  again.  A  new  captain  comes  for- 
ward to-day  to  lead  you  on  to  fresh  battles,  and  unless  I  am  very 
much  deceived,  he  will  never  say  "go,"  but  will  always  Bay, 
"  Come,  let  us  go  together."  He  will  be  ever  foremost  in  the 
ranks — always  in  the  midst  of  you.  The  speaker  then  turned 
and  addressed  the  new  Bishop,  but  his  remarks  were  almosl  inau- 
dible to  the  reporters,  who  only  occasionally  caught  a  sentence. 
He  said  during  his  brief  address,  however,  that  the  dioc< 
Richmond  in  losing  Father  Kain  had  lost  a  valuable  member,  and 
the  clergy  an  affectionate  brother,  but  Richmond's  lose  was  o 
ing's  gain.  He  accepted  it  as  an  auspicious  circumstance  that  the 
new  Bishop  was  installed  upon  the  same  day  as  the  temporal  au- 
thorities were    installed    in    this    city,   and    concluded    as    follows: 

May  this  day  be  the  harbinger  of  a  bright  and  glorious  future  for 
the  diocese  of  Wheeling.  May  you,  honored  ^  when  your 
labors  are  over,  receive  a  recompense  from  Oar  father  in  Heaven. 

THE  BISHOPS  OFFERING. 

Ar  the  conclusion  of  the  sermon  the  new  Bishop  made  his 
offering  to  the  Oonsecrater.  Attended  by  his  Bishops,  he  pre- 
sented himself,  aid  kneeling,  offered  two  large  lighted  tapers,  two 
ornamented  Loaves,  and  two  ornamented  barrels  of  wine,  and 
I  the  Oonsecrator's  hand  after  he  had  received  them.  The 
choir  then  sail"-  "  Ave  Verum." 


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BLESSING  MITRE  AND  GLOVES. 

After  the  solemn  benediction,  given  by  the  Consecrator,  he 
proceeded  to  the  blessing  of  the  mitre,  and  as  he  put  it  on  referred 
to  its  mystic  significance  as  a  helmet.  Here  the  choir  sang 
"  Agnus  Dei  "  and  the  "  Benedictus,"  and  the  kiss  of  peace  was 
given  by  the  Consecrator  to  the  consecrated,  who  gave  it  to  the 
senior  assistant  and  then  to  the  junior,  and  it  was  thus  continued 
among  the  members  of  the  clergy. 

The  gloves,  which  are  handsomely  embroidered  with  gold, 
were  then  blessed  and  put  on  the  hands  of  the  new  Bishop,  and 
their  mystic  signification  was  explained,  with  allusion  to  the  cover- 
ing of  the  hands  of  Jacob  with  the  skins  of  kids,  and  a  prayer 
that  he  who  wore  the  gloves  might  obtain  a  blessing  through 

Christ. 

LED  TO  HIS  THRONE. 

The  newly-consecrated  Bishop  was  then  led  by  his  assistants 

to  his  proper  throne,  and  the  Consecrator  placed  the  crosier  in 

his  left  hand.     This  ceremony  is  performed  in  token  of  his  being 

made  a  judge  and  ruler.     The  Consecrator  then  began  the  "  Te 

Deum,"  which  was  chanted  by  the  clergy. 

BLESSING  THE  CONGREGATION. 
Whilst  this  hymn  was  being  chanted,  the  assistant  Bishops, 
wearing  their  mitres,  led  the  new  Bishop  through  the  Church,  and 
as  he  proceeded  bestowed  his  blessing  upon  the  people,  who  knelt 
to  receive  it.  The  Consecrator  in  the  meantime  stood  uncovered 
at  the  altar.  The  new  Bishop,  upon  returning  to  the  altar,  gave 
his  blessing  to  the  clergy  and  congregation,  after  a  prayer  had  been 
recited  and  an  anthem  sung. 

"FOR  MANY  YEARS." 
The  Consecrator  and  assistants  then  took  their  mitres  and 
turned  their  faces  toward  the  Epistle  side,  to  which  the  newly-con- 
secrated went,  who  turned  towards  them,  knelt,  and  repeated  the 
words  "  For  Many  Years."  He  advanced  and  did  the  same  at 
the  middle  of  the  altar,  again  at  the  feet  of  the  Consecrator,  who 
gave  him  the  kiss  of  peace,  as  did  the  assistants,   and  accompanied 


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by  them  he  returned  to  his  own  chapel,  repeating  the  beginning 
of  the  Gospel  according  to  St.  John,  which  the  Consecrator  recit- 
ed at  his  own  altar. 

RECEIVING  BOMAG 

The  ceremonies  being  ended,  the  new  Bishop  divested  him- 
self of  a  portion  of  his  garments,  after  which  he  proceeded  to  the 
pew  occupied  by  his  mother  and  two  sisters,  whom  he  affection- 
ately embraced.  His  relatives  occupied  the  first  pew  to  the  left  of 
the  central  aisle. 

The  members  of  the  congregation  soon  began  to  crowd  around 
him  and  offer  their  homage.     Many  fell  on  their  knees  and  kissed 
his  hand  as  he  hurriedly  passed  out.     The  other  Bishops,  assists 
etc.,  in  the  meanwhile  had  left  the  Cathedral   from  the  rear,  in 
about  the  same  order  as  they  came  in. 

THE  MUSIC. 
Our  report  would  be  incomplete  if  we  failed  to  add  a  word  of 
praise  for  the  excellent  music  furnished  by  the  choir  and   th 
who  had  volunteered  their  services,  as  stated  heretofore.     We  hi 
not  the  space  to  mention  each  performer  in  detail,  and  speak  of 
their  merits  as  they  deserve.     Besides  the  piece-  before  enumerated 
in  this  article,  the  "  Qui  tollis  "  was  Bung  by   Mr.  Arkle,  tenor; 
Mr.  Fletcher,  bass;  Miss  Benninghaus,  alto;  and  Mi—    Brown, 
soprano.     The  "  Credo,"  "  Sanctus,"  "  Benedictus  "  and  "Agnus 
Dei"  were  from  k>  Von  Weber's  Mass  in  GL"     Mr-.  Whittaker, 
Miss  Benninghaus,  Mr.    J.  Mendel   and   Mr.   Caldwell   sang  the 
"Benedictus.'"     Miss  Eubbard  sang  the  solo  in  "Agnus  I>ei." 

VESPER  SERVICE. 
In  the  evening  vesper  services  were  held  in  the   Cathedral. 
Right  Rev.  Domenec,  Bish  ip  of  Pittsburgh,  delivered  a  discour 
The  principal  features  of  the  evening  service  were  first  :  A  "  Salve 
Regina,"  sung  by  Miss  M.  Rohan;  2d,  an  " O Sanitaria,"  by  Rev. 
Father  Stenger ;  3d,  a  quartette,  "  A.ve  Verum,"  from  Mozart, by 

Mr.  Lucas,  Mi,,   Hubbard,  Mr.  Caldwell  and   Mr,.  Whittaker.    The 

"Tantiim  Ergo,"  in  which  Miss  Ella  Zinn  and  Mr.  Peaselee  had 
he  principal  parts,  was  excellently  rendered. 


22  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.D. 


T.  EEV.  DR.  KAIN  was  born  at  Martinsburg,  May 
31st  1841.  At  an  early  age  be  was  sent  to  St. 
Cbarles  College,  near  Ellicotts  City,  Md.,  to  make 
his  collegiate  studies.  On  tbe  completion  of  tbe 
course  in  that  noted  school  be  passed  to  the  depart- 
ment of  philosophy  and  theology  in  St.  Mary's  Univer- 
sity, Baltimore,  Md.  Throughout  the  collegiate,  philoso- 
phical and  theological  studies,  the  subject  'of  this  sketch  evinced 
rare  talents,  and  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  gifted, 
if  not  the  most  gifted  student  in  those  large  schools.  He  was  or- 
dained priest  July  2nd,  1866,  and  assigned  to  tbe  missions  of 
Harper's  Ferry  and  Martinsburg,  W.  Va.  His  appointment  as 
Bishop  was  bailed  as  an  excellent  one;  and  all  in  a  brief  time 
realized  the  grateful  fact  that  Rome  had  placed  at  the  helm  a 
man  of  extraordinary  fitness ;  a  man  thoroughly  equipped  as  a 
scholar,  possessed  of  a  high  order  of  administrative  ability,  and  a 
pulpit  orator  of  the  highest  rank. 

The  sixteen  years  of  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Kain's  episcopate  have  more 
than  confirmed  these  anticipations,  and  be  is  to-day,  socially  and 
intellectually,  as  well  as  viewed  as  a  Prelate,  a  most  worthy  suc- 
cessor of  the  illustrious,  revered,  and  Apostolic  Bishop  Whelan. 
It  is  often  said  that  the  Sees  of  Richmond  and  Wheeling  have 
bad  as  able  and  efficient  Bishops  as  an}'  two  Sees  in  the  Catholic 
Church  in  the  United  States. 


of  Rt.    Rev.  John  J.    K.un,  D.D.  23 

Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain. 

1866— Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee— 189 1. 

S  the  day  on  which  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  would  haw 
completed  the  twenty-live  years  of  his  priesthood  drew 
near, a  committee  of  the  senior  priests  of  the  Diocese 
of  Wheeling,  consisting  of  Rt.  Rev.  J.  T.  Snllivan, 
V.G.,  Chairman,  Very  Rev.  I).  O'Connor,  Very  R 
Fr.  Maurice,  O.  M.  C,  and  Very  Rev.  J.  W.  Sten- 
ger,  addressed  a  circular  to  the  rectors  of  the  different 
congregations.  These  rectors  were  requested  to  take  -urh  steps 
as  in  their  judgment  would  he  likely  "to  render  the  Jubilee 
a  success,  creditable  to  the  reverend  clergy  and  laity,  and  plea-ant 
for  the  chief  pastor."  The  result  amply  proves  with  what  earnest- 
ness the  suggestion  of  the  committee  was  accepted  by  clerg] 
laity.  All  the  clergy,  with  the  exception  of  two  unavoidably  ab- 
sent, repaired  to  Wheeling  for  July  2nd,  L891 — Jubilee  Day. 
Their  gifts  of  material  things  were  all  that  the  very  limited  means 
of  I J  is  Lordship's  clergy  and  laity  could  well  afford,  whilst  the 
exhibition  of  their  filial  love,  devotion,  and  reverence  was  truly 
grand  and  most  grateful  to  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop,  as  he  so  feelingly 
Stated  in  his  address  from  his  throne. 

The  record  of  the  incident.-  of  Bishop  Kain's  Silver  Jubilee 
will  consist  simply  of  the  narrative  of  what  transpired,  and  in  the 
order  in  which  they  occurred. 


L866 PROGRAMME L891. 

Rt.   Rev.  John  J.   Kain's  Sacerdotal  Silvbb  Jubilee. 
.Iii.y  2d,   L891. 


1.  Solemn    Pontifical  MD  -        -  -        -       9  a.m. 

Address  by  Rt.  Rev.  bionsignor  Sullivan,  V.<.. 
Address  by  R  v.  Fr.   Didacus,  O.M.C. 

2.  Reception  of  the  Clergy,  .        .        -         L0:30  a.m. 


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3     Dinner,        -        -        -        --        -        -         .  12  m. 

4.  [Reception   of  the   Laity,         -  7:30  p.m. 
Address  by  Hon.  T.  S.  Riley,  in  behalf  of  the  English  speaking 

Catholics. 
Address  for  the  Germans — Mr.  Peter  Bonenberger. 

5.  Address  of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop   Kain,  from  the  portico  of  the 

Cathedral. 

On  the  eve  of  his  Jubilee  Day,  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  received, 
through  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  O'Connell,  President  of  the  American 
College,  Rome,  a  cablegram  informing  him  that  the  Sovereign 
Pontiff,  Leo  XIII,  sent  his  Apostolic  Benediction:  "The  Holy 
Father  sends  you  his  blessing." 


The  following  account  was  given  in  the  Wheeling  Daily 
Register : 

SILVER  JUBILEE. 

A  notable  church  event,  long  and  happily  awaited  by  thousands 
of  earnest  and  devoted  faithful,  came  to  pass  yesterday,  in  the 
celebration  of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain's  Silver  Jubilee  of  his 
ordination  into  the  priesthood.  There  have  been  few  church 
events  in  this  city  that  have  awakened  more  interest,  and  none 
that  have  caused  a  more  general  outpouring  of  the  people.  They 
came  not  alone  to  hear  the  music,  see  the  flowers  and  decorations, 
and  listen  to  the  services  and  speeches,  but  they  came  also  in  the 
true  spirit  of  the  occasion ;  they  came  with  hearts  full  of  gratitude 
to  one  who  has  so  long  been  a  kind,  faithful  and  conscientious 
benefactor,  one  whose  noble  work  has  been  confined  not  alone  to 
the  domain  of  the  church,  but  whose  influence  and  energy  for 
the  upbuilding  of  the  community  is  everywhere  recognized.  All 
nature  smiled  on  the  occasion,  and  the  day  was  a  perfect  one  in 
every  regard.  The  occasion  was  a  notable  one  from  the  presence 
of  so  many  distinguished  clergy  from  out  of  town,  all  of  whom 
participated  in  the  proceedings  with  heartfelt   joy.     In  a  word 


Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.D.  26 


the  souls  of  both  clergy  and  laity  were  attuned  to  the  day,  and 
the  successful  manner  in  which  all  the  details  of  the  affair  p 
off  will  make   Bishop  Kain".-  Silver  Jubilee  a  long  and  live  event 
in  the  history  of  the  Dioc 

OPENING  EXERCISE 

The  exercises  of  the  day  formally  opened  at  9  o'clock  yester- 
day morning,  and  long  before  that  hum-  the  great  interior  < 
Joseph's  Cathedral  was  thronged  with  people,  wh<>  viewed 
pleasure  and  delight  the  many  handsome  and  appropriate  deeora- 

Along  the  front  of  the  gallery  were  festoons  of  i 
and  this  cheerful  emblem   of  nature  profusely  adorned  the  upper 
and  lateral  parts  of  the   chancel,  all   depending   objects   bei] 
pecially  adorned.     Many  bouquets  and.  baskets  of  choice  cut  flow- 
ers figured  here  and  there  throughout  the  chancel,  the  Bishop's 
throne  being  especial!.  ed.     The  decorations,  taken  with 

the  numerous  bright  lights  of  the  altar,  produced  a  beautiful  ef- 
fect. Along  the  front  of  the  gallery  ran  this  inscription  in  silver 
letters,  "Adveniat  annus  Jubilseus aurei;  y  translated  being 

"  May  you  live  to  celebrate  your  golden  jubilee,"  and  on  the  three 
Bides  of  the  chancel  were  these  inscription-:  "Sacerdosel  Pontifex," 
"Deo  Gratia-/-  "Ad  Multos  Annos,"— "  Priest  and  Pontiff," 
"  Thanks  be  to  God,"  "  For   Many  Year.-."     At  nine  o'clock  the 

-trains  of  the  "  Kyrie  Elei80n,"  Bung  by  the  trained  Cathedral 
choir  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  Herman  Schockey,  opened  the 
magnificent  ceremonies  of  the  day,  and  from  either  Bide  of  the 
sanctuary,  the  dignitaries,  priests  and  acolytes  in  the  mass  cele- 
bration appeared.     The  rich  vestments  of  the  Bishops  and  I 

made  a  beautiful  COnstrast   with   the   pure   white  and    Mack  . 

of  the  priests  and  acolyte 

THE  OFFICIATING  CLER 

in  the  sanctuary  at  the  time,  besides  Bishop  Kain  and   Bishops 

Yandevyvcr,  of  Richmond,  and  Phelao,  of  Pittsburg,  who  aat  on 
a  raised  dais  to  the  right,  and  immediately  oppo  •  Bi  hop  Kain, 
were  the  following  members  of  the  clergy  of  the  dioceses  "I  \\  eel 


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Virginia  and  Ohio  :  lit.  Rev.  Monsignor  Sullivan,  of  Wheeling  ; 
Very  Rev.  H.  F.  Park,  of  Mt.  De  Chantal ;  Very  Rev.  Joseph 
W.  Stenger,  of  Charleston  ;  Very  Rev.  D.  O'Connor,  of  Clarks- 
burg ;  Very  Rev.  A.  M.  M.  Hartnedy,  of  Steubenville ;  Very 
Rev.  John  B.  Murray,  of  Cincinnati ;  Rev.  Father  J.  C.  Des- 
mond, of  Wellsville,  Ohio  ;  Rev.  Father  Thomas  Rowers,  of  Steu- 
benville ;  Rev.  Father  E.  N.  Leyden,  Toronto,  O.;  Rev.  Father 
James  Hartley,  Steubenville  ;  Rev.  Father  McElligott,  Wheeling ; 
Rev.  John  McBride,  Witbeville,  Va.;  Rev.  Father  D.  Walsh, 
Hinton,  W.  Va.;  Rev.  Father  Mattingly,  Martin's  Ferry ;  Rev. 
Father  Joseph  Weigand,  Bridgeport,  O.;  Rev.  Father  Fitzgerald, 
Bellaire ;  Rev.  John  A.  Reynolds,  Wellsburg ;  Rev.  Father  Di- 
dacus,  O.M.C.,  Wheeling;  Rev.  Father  Herman  Joseph,  O.C.M., 
Rev.  Father  O'Kane,  Wheeling ;  Rev.  Father  H.  P.  McMenamin, 
Benwood  ;  Rev.  Father  Boutlou,  Moundsville ;  Rev.  Father  C.  T. 
Schlipp,  St.  Joseph's,  Marshall  County ;  Rev.  Father  McGrath, 
Fairmont ;  Rev.  Father  Keleher,  Grafton ;  Rev.  Father  P.  A. 
Boyce,  Rowelsburg  ;  Rev.  Father  T.  C.  Haimann,  Newburg  ;  Rev. 
Father  John  A.  Tracy,  Weston ;  Rev.  Father  Wm.  Walsh,  St. 
Clara,  Doddridge  County  ;  Rev.  Father  Michael  Fitzpatrick,  Ran- 
dolph County  ;  Rev.  Father  Thomas  Quirk,  Lewis  County ;  Rev. 
Father  E.  M.  Hickey,  Parkersburg ;  Rev.  Father  Lambert, 
Parkersburg ;  Rev.  Father  J.  J.  Deehan,  Parkersburg ;  Rev. 
Father  J.  W.  Werninger,  Huntington ;  Rev.  Father  George 
Toner,  Coal  Valley ;  Rev.  Father  Thomas  Collins,  Charleston  ; 
Rev.  Father  T.  J.  Duffy,  Lewisburg ;  Rev.  Father  John  Murray, 
of  Cincinnati,  and  Rev.  Joseph  Mullen,  Wheeling. 

PONTIFICAL  HIGH  MASS. 

Immediately  after  the  procession,  pontifical  high  mass  was 
celebrated  by  Bishop  Kain,  assisted  by  Monsignor  Sullivan,  Dea- 
con of  Office  Very  Rev.  J.  W.  Stenger,  of  Charleston,  Sub-Deacon 
Rev.  Jeremiah  Murray,  of  Cincinnati,  Very  Rev.  H.  F.  Parkes, 
of  Mt.  de  Chantal  and  Very  Rev.  John  Murray,  of  Cincinnati, 
Deacons    of    honor.      Revs.    Father    Tracy,    of    Weston,    and 


of  Rt.  Rev.  Johx  J.   Kaix,  D.D.  J 7 

Reynolds,  of  Wellsbnrg,  officiated  ae  masters  of  ceremony.  The 
services  were  very  imposing  and  entered  into  with  great  fervor 
by  all  those  officiating. 

The  music  was  especially  well  rendered  by  a  choir  reinforced 
for  the  occasion,  and  consisting  of  Borne  twenty-three  voices,  under 
the  direction  of  Prof.  Schockey,  with  Mrs.  M.  E.  Whittaker  ['re- 
siding at  the   organ.     The  singers  kept  well  together,  ami  the  se- 
lections throughout  were  admirably  rendered  and  listened  t<>  with 
delight  by  the  vast  throng  of  people.     The  choir  was  composed  of 
the  following  well  known  vocalists:  From  St.  Alphonsus:    Bliss 
Emma  Yahn,  Mrs.  Henry  Keller,  Miss  Bertha  Fox,  Biise  I  .  l'ein- 
ler,  MissT.  Schaffer,  Mr.  Frank   Woeber,  Mr.  Frank  Diegmi] 
Mr.  William  Nolte  and  Mr*  William  Paul  :  from  St.  Mary's  :  Mrs. 
Humes  and  Mr.  Ed.  Yahn;  from  the  Cathedral  :  Mrs.  Geo.  Feei 
Mrs.  Kate  Michael-Fitzgerald,  MissMary  Healey,  Miss  Ague.-  1! 
Miss  Augusta  Handlan,  Miss    Ague.-   Lanrey,   Mr.   Adam  Yahn, 
Mr.  Charles  Miller,  Mr.  Jacques  Front,  Mr.  George  Hoke  and 
Mr.  Thos.  J.  Miller.  The  solos  were  well  Bung  and  attracted  especial 
attention.      They    were    as     follows:    " Eyrie     Eleison,"     V 
Emma  Yahn;   "  Qui  Tollis,"  Mr.  Frank  Diegmiller;  -Ft   [ncar- 
natus,"  Miss  Mary   Ilealy,  and    "  Benedictus,"  Mise    Agnes  Hi 
and  Miss  C.  Feinler.     At  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremonies   Rt. 
Rev.  Monsignor  J.  T.  Sullivan  delivered  the  address  of  greeting 
to  the  Bishop, 

MONSIGNOR  SULLIVAN'S  AD 

Right  Reverend  am>  Beloved  Bishop:  In  the  name  of  the 
Very  Reverend  and  Reverend  Clergy,  of  the  Religions  communi 
ties,  and  of  the  Laity  of  your  diocese,  [,  though  the  least  worthy, 
Leg  leave  to  tender  yon  most  heartfelt  congratulations  on  this  joy- 
ous occasion.  Custom  lias  most  laudably  sanctioned  the  joyful 
and  festive  observance  of  what  is  known  as  Jubilee  year.  Henee, 
in  society,  we  have  various  kinds  of  jubilees,  uotably  the  Silver 
Jubilee,  the  Golden  Jubilee  and  the  Diamond  Jubilei — twenty- 
five,  fifty   ami  seventy-five  years  respectively.     To-day,  with  as 


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much  solemnity  as  possible,  we  celebrate,  Monseigneur,  your  Sil- 
ver Jubilee — twenty-five  years  of  Sacerdotal  life  ! 

First  of  all,  the  clergy  of  your  diocese  are  gathered  in  your 
Cathedral,  by  their  presence  as  well  as  otherwise,  to  greet  you  on 
this  great  day.  They  naturally  pass  in  review  your  priesthood. 
They  go  back  in  thought  to  those  nine  years  of  your  sacerdotal 
life  in  the  Richmond  Diocese — so  quiet,  so  retired,  so  zealous  and  so 
efficient.  They  go  back,  too,  to  that  joyful  February,  1875,  when 
the  cable  announced  that  Rome  had  appointed  a  successor  to  the 
illustrious  first  Bishop  of  Wheeling ;  that  the  young  but  able  pastor 
of  Harper's  Ferry  was  to  assume  Whelan's  crosier  and  mitre. 
Then  they  realized  in  your  person,  and  in  the  circumstances,  the 
words  of  Holy  Writ.  You  could  say,  though  your  humility  no 
doubt  forbade  it :  "  Lord,  Thou  didst  deliver  to  me  five  talents ; 
behold,  I  have  gained  other  five  over  and  above."  Then  God 
said  (when  Rome  speaks,  God  speaks) :  "  Well  done,  good  and 
faithful  servant ;  because  thou  hast  been  faithful  over  a  few  things, 
I  will  place  thee  over  many  things."   Matt,  xxv,  21. 

The  great  Bishop  of  Richmond,  later  Archbishop  of  Baltimore, 
now  Cardinal  Archbishop  of  that  glorious  Mother  Church  of  this 
land,  was,  no  doubt,  the  one  who  discovered  in  the  comparatively  un- 
known missionary  of  Harper's  Ferry,  (the  same  field  from  which  your 
apostolic  predecessor  was  chosen)  the  man  in  all  respects  fully  equip- 
ped for  the  episcopate.  His  idea  and  his  estimate  were  concurred 
in  by  the  Metropolitan  and  his  suffragants,  and  Rome  by  Pius  the 
Ninth  ratified  their  judgment  and  appointed  the  second  Bishop  of 
Wheeling  in  your  illustrious  person. 

A  day  or  so  after  the  glad  news  for  Wheeling  flashed  over  the 
wires,  a  priest  of  this  diocese  remarked :  "  Though  but  slightly 
acquainted  with  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  I  know  him  to  be  of  extraor- 
dinary ability.  Wheeling  is  in  luck  and  has  reason  to  rejoice." 
The  event  has  proven  that  he  was  right ;  that  the  diocese  had  rea- 
son, indeed,  to  exult.  "  Rome,"  said  a  non-Catholic  writer  in  a 
brief  notice  of  the  Bishop-elect,  "  seems  to  have  shown  great  par- 
tiality to  Virginia  from  the  beginning,  by  giving  her  great  men 


of  Rt.   Rev.  Johk  J.  I  >.D.  29 

for   Bisliops — Whelan,  McGill,    Gibbons  and    Kain."     Had  he 

written  a  little  later,  he  might  and  would  have  added  one  more — 
Rt.  Hev.  Dr.  Van  de  Yyver,  the  worthy  >r  in  Richmoi 

those  great  Prelates,  this  day  with  as  to  honor  our  beloved  B 
on  tins,  his  Silver  Jubilee. 

Sixteen  years  ago,  Monseigneur,  yon  took  pot  your 

See;  sixteen  years  ago,  in  this  Banctuary,  the  plenitude  of  the 
priesthood  was  e  inferred  on  yon,  and  you  became  ration,  as 

you  were  already  by  appointment  and  jurisdiction,  our  Bisho] 
Father  in  God,  and   we,  clergy  and  laity,  became  your  spiritual 
children.     You  assumed,  Dot  of  your  own  choice,  but  on  th< 
of  God,  all  the  responsibilities  of  the  episcopal  office.     W( 
corned  you  and  vowed  most  cheerfully,  filial  loyality  and  devotion 
most  cordial. 

Heaven's  record  book  has  on  its  bright  pages  the  histor 
your  sixteen  year-  as  Bishop — zeal,  piety,  efficiency  and  learning. 
As  to  your  zeal,  you  can  say  truthfully,  (from  your  coming  to  this 
day,)  "  The  zeal  of  thy  h<  >use  hath  eaten  me  up."  (Pa.  lxviii,  10.) 
The  motive  power  of  that  zeal  has  been  your  charity,  love  o 
and  of  Christ  our  Lord  and  His  Spouse — holy  Church.  "  The 
charity  of  Christ  presseth  us/'  (2d  Cor.  v,  14  I  Your  efficiency 
is  attested  by  the  onward  progress  of  all  the  interests  of  om 
blessed  religion  in  the  diocese  under  your  wise,  prudent,  and 
energetic  leadership.  Though  humanly  speaking,  your  natural 
gifts  of  mind  and    heart  would  have  warranted  OS   in    anticipating 

an  efficient  administration,  still  faith  tells  us,  and  you,  borrowing 

the  Words   of   Saint     Paul,  Bay  to-day,  a-   you  have    no    doubt    said 

many  times  to  yourself,  "  Bui  by  the  grace  "t'  <T..d  I  am  what  I 
am,  and  His  grace  in  me  bath  not  been  void."  (1  Cor.  .w.  10.) 
As  the  herald  of  (  fring  truth,  you  bfl  ;  nlpit 

tireless  and  eloque  ich   degree  as  to  attract  attention   in  a 

hierarchy  so  notable  as  that  of  these  Dnited  Sts 

You   surely    have   complied    with    St.     Paul's    injunction   to 
another  Bishop :  "  I  charge  thee  before  God  and  irist,who 

shall  judge  the  Living  and  the  dead,  by  his  coming  and  bis  kin^ 


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preach  the  word  ;  be  instant  in  season  and  out  of  season  ;  re- 
prove, entreat  and  rebuke  in  all  patience  and  doctrine."  (2d  Tim. 
iv,  2.)  When  the  deluded  advocates  of  multiform  heresy  assailed 
the  faith,  you  have  always  been  the  vigilant  sentinel  on  the  watch- 
tower,  and  these  misguided  men  soon  found  that  it  could  not  be 
done  with  impunity.  When  the  frequent,  I  might  almost  say, 
usual,  unjust  and  disreputable  weapon  of  misrepresentation  has 
been  employed  against  our  holy  religion,  your  trenchant  pen  has 
always  been  ready  to  defend  the  faith  and  to  expose  the  mendacity 
of  the  assailants,  and  at  the  same  time  show  and  portray  the  in- 
herent loveliness  of  God's  truth,  and  the  fair  and  spotless  fame  of 
His  divinely  appointed  Church. 

If  I  have  protracted  these  remarks  unbecomingly,  pardon  me. 
To-day,  by  cable,  the  Holy  Father  greets  and  blesses  you  ;  to-day 
the  clergy  and  the  laity  of  your  diocese  are  filled  with  gladness 
and  gratitude  to  God !  They  greet  you ;  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishops 
here  present  greet  you  ;  the  hierarchy  of  these  States,  your  mitred 
brethren  throughout  our  noble  land,  from  His  Eminence,  the  Car- 
dinal, so  renowned  as  a  churchman  and  a  patriot,  to  the  youngest 
who  has,  at  Rome's  bidding,  assumed  the  episcopal  office,  greet 
you ;  and  the  greeting  from  all  these,  as  well  as  your  many  other 
friends,  clerical  and  laical,  is  the  hallowed  "  Ad  multos  annos." 
Yes,  fervently  and  prayerfully  say  we  all,  u  Ad  multos  annos." 

But  when  the  ends  does  come  (and  the  "  ad  multos  annos " 
is  that  it  may  be  long  deferred),  another  prayer  is  also  ours,  and 
that  of  all,  namely,  that  you  may  be  able  then  to  say  with  the 
great  exemplar  of  the  church's  Bishops,  St.  Paul,  (2d  Tim.  iv,  5-8) 
"  I  have  fought  a  good  fight ;  I  have  finished  my  course ;  I  have 
kept  the  faith.  As  to  the  rest,  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of 
justice,  which  the  Lord,  the  just  judge,  will  render  me  on  that  day." 
Whilst  we  pray  thus,  Monseigneur,  on  this  Silver  Jubilee  day,  ac- 
cept once  more  our  most  heartfelt  congratulations,  and  bestow, 
from  the  deepest  depths  of  your  paternal  and  episcopal  heart,  a 
blessing  on  us  all — priests,  religious  and  laity  gladly  present,  and 
those,  too,  unavoidably  absent. 


oi  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.D.  31 

In  fine,  in  the  name  of  your  clergy  and  of  the  whole  di<>r 
I  beg  leave  to  tender  most  heartful  thanks  to  the   Rt.  Rev.  Bis- 
hops and  the  Rev.  Clergy  of  neighboring  dioceses,  who   by  their 
presence  here  to-day  do  honor  to  you,   Rt.  Rev.    Bishop,  t<>  us, 
your  clergy,  and  to  the  Diocese  of  Wheeling. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Monsignor  Sullivan's  address,  Rev. 
Father  P.  Didacus,  O.M.C.,  saluted  the  Bishop,  and  read  an 
address  in  Latin,  as  follows  : 

LATIN  ADDRESS  BY  REV.  FATHER  DIDACUS,  O.M.C. 

Reverendissimo  ac  Dlastrifisimo,  Dilectissimo  nostro  Patri  a<- 
Domino,  Episcopo  Sacrae  Sedis  Wheelingensifl,  in  Solemniia  Jubi- 
lsei  Sacerdotalis  ad  Aram  litanti  Congregatio  Eccleaiaa  ad  S.  Al 
phonsnm  atque  Conventus  Fratrum  Minorum  S.  P.  Fra 
Capucinornm  eidem  Ecclesia1  annexus  haec  humilia  grandia  amoria 
pignora  D.D.  die  II.  Julii,  MDCCCXOL 

Reverendissime  ac  111  *  Domim  ac  Pater  ! 

Est  haec  consnetndo  omnium  bonornm  filiornm,  at  patri  dilecto 
die  ejus  anniversario  festo  cnncta  fansta  devotia  gratisqne  animia 
intur.     Talis  obligatio,  «mia  pro  beneficiia  majoribna  majorea 
gratias  agere  debemns,  ideo  beneficiia  coeleatibus,  quae  omnei 
sum  transcendunt,  acceptis,  in  infinitum  creacit.     Quorum  ' 
ciorum  a  Veatra  dementia  acceptornm  atqae  nostra  grati  animi 
obligationis  recordari  qob  imprimis  hodie  decet,  cum  Auni 
rina  Sacerdotii   Veatri   Diea   Vigesimua  Quintoa  aobia  peroptato 
illuxit.    Quamquam  autem  jure  nobis  timendnm  eat,  ne  hoc  h 
abili  Jubilaei  die  dignaa  Presbyteratus  atque    Episcopatu8   \ 
laudes  pradicare  non  aimue   idonei:  at  certe  gratulari   Feli 
aa  nobis  jucundissimum   eat,  atque  etai   aequaquam    ] 
Paternitate  Veatra  attamen  pro   ooatro  Btudio  meritam  gn 
(h  bitamque  agere  volumi 

A  Minima  Dei  providentia  ad  aumma  Sacerdotii  atque  Episco- 
patua  fastigia  provectum  veneramur  G-ermano  Americani  eccleaise 
ad  St.  Alphonsum  adscripti,  clerici  ac  laici ;  om  imum 

Pastorum  ac  Tutorem  Be  habere  gaudenl  ;  omnea  pradicanl  B 


32  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

dotem,  Pontinccm  et  Virtutum  Opificem,  Pastorem  bonum  in 
populo  ;  cuncti  laudant  Episcopum  Irrepreliensibilem,  Prudentem, 
Ornatum,  Benign um,  Justuin.  Vera  nobis  in  gloria  Dei  causa  est 
lsetandi,  quum  Talem  habeamus  Sacerdotem  Magnum  !  Quani 
amabilis  cunctis  nobis  et  accepta  facta  est  Amplitudo  Yestra, 
quum  Studium  Religionis  Yestrum  vidimus  in  congressu  Catholico 
Germano-Americanorum  Fittsburgii  celebrato  !  Unde  quemquam 
nacti  erimus,  qui  tanta  cum  potestate  tantam  moderationem  eon- 
cilia  vit  ?  Cuncta  Deo  adjuvante  prsemunit  Sapientia  Vestra,  ut 
lupus  Bseviens  sequacesque  illius  in  ovile  Dominicum  ingrediendi 
ad  perdendas  animas  locum  non  habeant. 

Merito  igitur  maximas  agimus  gratias  pro  Clementia,  Benigni- 
tate,  Prudentia  Yestra,  quibus  jure  optimo  confidimus. 

Sancta  Trinitas  Celsitudinem  Yestram  sua  protectione  incolu- 
men  custodiat,  ut  dum  sapienti  moderamine  in  Deo  magnum, 
quod  suscepisti,  Episcopale  onus  peregeris,  in  die  aeternre  retribu- 
tionis,  eo  dicente,  audire  merearis. 

Euge,  serve  bone  et  fidelis  quia  super  pauca  f  uisti  fidelis,  super 
multa  Te  constituam,  intra  in  gaudium  Domini  Tui  ! 

Quod  ut  Deus  Clementise  Yestrse  pr^estare  dignetur,  ardentis- 
sime  cupirnus  atque  ex  intimo  corde  oramus. 

Beverendissimo  ac  Illustrissimo  devoti  filii, 

Rev.  P.  Didacus,  O.M.  Cap., 

Bey.  P.  Herman  Joseph,  O.M.  Cap., 

Rev.  P.  Mauritus,  O.M.  Cap., 

Rev.  P.  Antonius,  O.M.  Cap., 

August  Gehring, 

Frederick  Nolte, 

Frank  A.  Woeber,  Sr., 

Joseph  Hohman, 

Christian  Steinmetz, 

Michael  Kirchner, 

Franz  H.  Regele, 

George  Kuhlmann. 


of  Rt.  Eev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.  D.  33 

At  the  conclusion  of  Rev.   Father  Didacus'  add  -hop 

Kain,  deeply  affected  by  the  tender  Bentiments  advanced,  an 
respond  and  spoke  in  substance  as  follows  : 

BISHOP  KAIX'S  RE8PON8B. 

"There  is  aothing  thai  gives  me  more  true  joy  than  the  presence 
around  me  of  so  many  of  the  clergy  of  this  diocese.  To  those 
who  have  spoken  in  behalf  of  my  clergy  and  people  I  cau  Bay  that 
on  this  festal  day,  the  day  that  commemorates  my  ordination  to  the 
holy  priesthood  of  the  church,  my  heart  is  tilled  with  joy  to  know 
that  in  the  midst  of  my  clergy  I  may  always  find  an  affection  30 
pure  and  true.  I  have  indeed  striven  to  live  among  yon,  rather 
as  au  elder  brother,  not  perhaps  in  years,  but  in  thought  and 
ing,  and  far  more  pleasant  to  me  is  this  fraternal  relation  than  the 
assumption  of  a  dignity  rather  inspiring  awe  than  love,  and  repuls- 
ing and  repelling  instead  of  attracting.  I  thank  God  that  welive 
under  different  conditions  from  those  that  prevail  in  many  other 
countries.  Abroad  there  often  exist  conditions  that  raise  harriers 
between  the  bishop  and  his  clergy, and  between  the  priest  and  his 
people.  I  thank  God  that  it  is  different  here,  and  that  the  rela- 
tionship is  nearer  that  of  father  and  brother.  Vet  [  am  satisfied 
that  the  body  of  the  priesthood  of  the  old  world  show  no  greater 
reverence  for  their  bishops  or  their  flocks  to  the  priests  than  i> 
shown  in  the  new  world.  I  trust  that  the  cordial  and  affectionate 
relations  which  have  bound  OS  together  in  the  past  will  remain  un- 
broken in  the  future.  As  fellow  priests  you  can  appreciate  and 
share  in  the  joyful  feeling  which  this  anniversary  wakens  in  my 
heart.     Surely  the  .lay  of  ordination  is  a  happy  day   for  every 

priest.      lie  lo.,':.-  back  to  it  with  reverence  and  joy,  and  my  heart 
is  idled  with  keen   delighl    at  this  celebration  of  my  silver  jubilee. 

1  remember  that   fourteen  were  ordained  on  that  day  by  the 
Archbishop  of  Baltimore,  and  if  I  mi-take  not  ten  of  them  remain 
to-day  to  celebrate  their  jubilee-.     My  first  labors  in  the  ministry 
of  the  church  were  in  a  mission  obscure  in  Borne  respects,  hut  in 
others  noted,  in  the  classic  town  of  Barper's  Ferry.     The  m 


34  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

then  embraced  eight  counties  in  West  Virginia  and  parts  of  four 
in  Virginia.  I  look  back  upon  these  first  labors  of  my  priesthood 
with  sentiments  of  gratitude  to  God  and  deep  affection  for  the  poor 
scattered  flocks  that  were  in  my  charge.  That  little  church 
perched  on  the  rock  at  Harper's  Ferry  has  been  the  stepping-stone 
to  honors  for  fifty  years.  My  predecessor,  the  sainted  first  Bishop 
of  Wheeling,  was  serving  that  church  when  he  was  called  to  the 
Bishopric.  My  immediate  successor  in  the  church  of  Harper's 
Ferry  was  Bishop  Van  de  Vyver,  the  sixth  Bishop  of  Richmond, 
who  is  with  us  to-day. 

When  I  came  among  you  sixteen  years  ago  I  found  a  noble 
work  had  been  begun.  Schools  had  been  founded,  churches  were 
being  built,  and  missions  organized.  The  work  so  nobly  com- 
menced by  the  sainted  Bishop  Whelan  remained  to  be  carried  out. 
Of  those  who  labored  with  Bishop  Whelan  since  then  four  have 
followed  him  to  their  reward.  Many  of  you  were  co-laborers  with 
him,  and  received  your  ordination  at  his  hands.  I  hope  and  know 
to-day  that  he  looks  down  from  his  home  on  high,  with  joy  on 
what  you  have  done  in  carrying  out  the  work  which  he  so  nobly 
began.  My  mission  with  you  has  been  rather  one  of  direction  and 
guidance,  in  building  up  the  church  so  firmly  planted  in  the  two 
Virginias  by  my  predecessor. 

I  appreciate  most  gratefully  the  presence  here  to-day  of  our 
brethren,  the  Bishops  of  Richmond  and  Pittsburg,  for  I  know  it 
has  required  a  sacrifice  of  time  to  leave  their  dioceses  in  those 
cities  for  this  occasion ;  but  words  fail  to  express  my  gratitude  to 
them  and  to  the  clergy  and  laity  for  the  interest  they  have  taken 
in  this  to  me  grateful  occasion.  I  cannot  find  words  to  express 
my  gratitude  for  the  numerous  tokens  of  kindness  and  love  which 
surround  me  on  every  hand.  I  pray  our  good  Father  in  Heaven 
that  we  may  all  be  one  day  gathered  in  the  sacred  sanctuary  above, 
there  to  thank  him  for  the  wonderful  blessings  he  has  showered  on 
us.  May  his  blessing  be  upon  you  and  the  prayers  of  the  sweet 
mother  of  saints  be  with  you." 

At  the  conclusion   of  the  Bishop's  address,  the  "  Te  Deum  " 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.   Kain,  D.D. 

was  sung  by  the  choir,  and  the  Cathedral  Bervices  were  at  an  end. 
The  great  majority  of  theclergy  repaired  to  the  Bishop's  residence, 
where  an  enthusiastic  reception  was  tendered  him. 


THE   BANQUET. 


At  noon  tlte  grand  banquet  for  the  visiting  clergy  took  place 
in  the  basement  of  the  Cathedral.  The  ladies  in  charge  of  the 
affair  had  spared  no  effort  to  make  it  an  entire  success.  Onder 
their  deft  lingers  a  complete  transformation  was  wrought  apon 
the  bare  walls  of  the  commodious  room.  Graceful  festoons  of 
evergreen  were  hung  in  profusion,  while,  suspended  from  the  ceil- 
ing were  baskets  of  trailing  vines  and  choice  flowers.  Along  the 
eastern  wall  were  placed  potted  plants  and  flowers,  which  added  t'» 
the  pleasing  effect.  Above  the  middle  door,  trained  in  a  border 
of  evergreen,  was  the  inscription,  "Aureus  Argenteo  Sua 
Annus  Jubilseus,"  while  beneath  upon  mi  easel  was  a  hands 
life-like  portrait  of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain.  <  >u  the  center  window, 
directly  in  the  rear  of  the  seats  occupied  bythe  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop.-*, 
were  hung  the  yellow  Papal  colors  and  the  American  flag.  The 
dining-room  decorations,  in  all  their  appointments,  have 
been  excelled  for  beauty  at  any  like  evenl  in  this  city. 

Three  tables  were  arranged  lengthwise  in  the  1 in,  and  covers 

were  laid  for  sixty  persons.  The  table  decorations  were  thor- 
oughly in  keeping  with  the  other  equipments  of  the  room.  In  the 
center  of  each  table  were  massed  rosea  and  smilax,  that  upon  the 
middle  table,  where  were  Beated  the  chief  dignitaries,  being  notably 

handsome.      There  were  also  bouquets  of  choice  flowers  in    profu- 
sion.    The  banquel   was  Berved  in  eight  courses  by  a  cor] 
cient  waiters,   under  the  direction  of   Mr.    E.    T>.  Carney,  of  the 

Fori   Henry  Club. 

At  the  center  table  were  seated  lit.  Rev.  Bishop  Cain;  lit. 
Rev.  Bishop  Phelan,  of  Pittsburg;  lit.  Rev.  Bishop  Van  <le 
Vyver,  of  Richmond;  Rt.  Rev.  Mgr.  J.  T.  Sullivan ;  Very  Rev. 
H.  F.  Parke,  of  Mt.  de  Chantal;  Verj  Rev.  I  >ean  Elartnedy, 


36  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

benville ;  Very  Rev.  John  B.  Murray  and  Rev.  Jeremiah  Murray, 
of  Cincinnati ;  Rev.  Father  Tierney,  of  Richmond ;  Very  Rev. 
Father  Stenger,  of  Charleston,  and  Rev.  Father  Hickey,  of  Park- 
ersburg. 

When  the  banquet  was  finished,  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain  arose 
and  spoke  of  the  harmonious  relations  between  himself  and  the 
priests  of  this  diocese,  and  between  each  other,  and  compliment- 
ing them  on  their  loyality  and  devotion  to  His  Holiness,  the  Pope, 
he  proposed  that  all  drink  to  the  health  of  Pope  Leo  XIII.  He 
then  addressed  them  briefly  in  Latin,  after  which  Very  Rev. 
Father  Park  was  called  upon  and  delivered  the  following  address  : 

Rt.  Reverend^  Very  Reverend  and  Reverend  Fathers  : 

"  The  celebration  of  this  auspicious  festival  of  the  Silver  Jubi- 
lee in  the  priesthood  of  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Kain,  Bishop  of  Wheeling, 
in  this  year  of  grace  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-one,  carries  the 
mind  back  through  half  a  century  to  the  event  of  1841  that  re- 
stored to  the  Old  Dominion,  after  a  widowhood  of  twenty  years, 
its  autonomy  as  an  independent  See,  and  to  Richmond  its  first 
resident  Bishop.  It  recalls,  also,  the  event  of  1850,  that  organ- 
ized the  trans- Allegheny  portion  of  the  State  into  a  separate 
Bishopric,  under  the  title  of  the  See  of  Wheeling.  It  recalls  the 
arduous  beginning  of  these  newly  born  apostolic  missions,  when 
their  Bishops  for  support  depended  on  foreign  alms,  and  their 
flocks,  few  in  number  and  far  between,  and  hard  to  reach,  eked  out 
a  precarious  subsistence  for  themselves  and  their  missionaries. 

"  It  recalls,  also,  the  healthy  growth  pari  passu  along  the  lines 
of  gospel  progress  of  both  these  Virginia  Sees,  amid  the  tumult 
of  civil  war,  the  obstructions  of  negro  slavery,  and  the  undevel- 
oped resources  of  West  Virginia.  And  last  but  not  least,  gentle- 
men, the  feast  we  commemorate  recalls  the  memory  of  the  saintly 
founder  of  the  Richmond  and  Wheeling  Sees,  and  of  his  illustri- 
ous successors,  whose  learning  and  eloquence  and  administrative 
ability  and  personal  worth  have  secured  for  them  favorable  compar- 
ison with  the  most  revered  founder  of  dioceses  in  the  American 


of  Et.   Rev.  John  J.  Kane,  D.D.  37 

Church.  In  conclusion,  Rt.  Reverend  and  Reverend  Fathers, 
allow  me,  in  my  capacity  of  Dean  in  point  of  enrollment  among 
the  clergy  of  the  two  Virginias,  to  propose  as  our  joint  toast :  The 
health,  and  long  life,  and  plentitude  of  apostolic  success,  of  the 
present  reigning  Bishops  of  the  Sees  of  Richmond  and  Wheeling, 
Doctors  Van  de  Vyver  and  Kain." 

Father  Park's  address  was  received  with  applause.  At  its 
conclusion,  Bishop  Kain  arose,  and  in  a  few  remarks,  called  upon 
Bishop  Van  de  Vyver,  of  Richmond,  who  responded  hriefly,  as 
follows : 

"  It  does  not  need  a  great  deal  of  encouragement  to  get  me  to 
say  a  few  words  on  this  festive  occasion.  I  am  happy  to  In:  pres- 
ent with  the  zealous  and  devoted  pastors,  to  do  honor  to  the 
Bishop  to-da}\  The  words  of  Father  Sullivan  recall  to  my  mind 
the  days  of  sixteen  years  ago — I  was  then  a  young  priest,  called 
upon  to  succeed  your  illustrious  Bishop  as  pastor  of  the  Catholic 
congregation  of  Harper's  Ferry.  I  was  fearful  and  timid  in  my 
new  mission.  He  had  scarcely  hid  me  good-bye,  when  traveling 
through  my  missions  I  heard  from  the  lip>  of  those  to  whose 
spiritual  wants  he  had  ministered,  none  hut  words  of  praise,  and 
in  every  mouth  was  the  name  of  Father  Kain.  They  did  not  need 
to  tell  me  of  his  work,  because  I  witnessed  it  constantly.  During 
those  nine  years,  while  his  mission  was  an  obscure  one,  I  believe 
there  was  not  a  mission  anywhere  as  well  taken  care  of  as  Harper's 
Ferry.  To  him  I  owe  the  little  f  have  been  able  to  do  among  the 
people  during  the  past  sixteen  years.  Everywhere  he  was  Bpoken 
of  as  the  model  priest.  And  it  is  not  only  in  my  estimation,  hut 
that  of  the  Bishops  and  priests,  that  he  was  a  model  priest, and  that 
because  a  model  priest,  he  Im-  been  raised  to  the  dignity  of  a 
prince  among  priests.  Saving  his  example  before  me,  I  endeav- 
ored to  walk  in  hi.-  footsteps.  And  because  you  have  been  to  me 
the  model  prieBt,  and  because  of  the  honor  yoo  did  to  the  I  >i 
of  Virginia,  because  of  your  talent.-  and  your  piety,  I  congratulate 
you  on  this  glad  occasion,  lit.  Rev.  Bishop,  and  wish  you  not  only 
the  celebration  of  your  Golden  Jubilee,  but  also  a  long  and  happy 


38  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

life,  having  always  for  your  consolation,  the  love,  the  devotion, 
and  the  attachment  of  your  priests." 

The  Rt.  Reverend  speaker  was  loudly  applauded  at  the  con- 
clusion of  his  address.  Bishop  Kain  then  introduced  Rt.  Rev. 
Bishop  Phelan,  of  Pittsburg,  as  the  representative  of  one  of  the 
most  important  suburbs  of  Wheeling.  Bishop  Phelan  replied  that 
he  did  not  expect  to  be  called  upon  for  an  address,  and  felt  that  it 
was  perfectly  in  order  to  be  embarrassed.     Continuing  he  said : 

"  I  appreciate  the  honor  of  representing  Pittsburg — a  sub- 
urb of  Wheeling,  but  Pittsburg  is  always  modest.  You  under- 
stand my  sentiments  from  the  fact  that  I  am  here  to  add  the  tes- 
timony of  my  presence  to  this  occasion.  I  have  known  Bishop 
Kain  long  and  can  bear  testimony  to  his  many  illustrious  qualities. 
One  of  the  things  I  have  noted  with  pleasure  is  the  devotion  of 
the  people  and  their  pastors  to  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop.  This  is  as 
it  should  be.  We  all  have  the  same  labors  and  the  same  destiny, 
and  the  harmonious  co-operation  of  those  under  our  charge  makes 
the  work  more  pleasant.  I  can  see  this  spirit  amongst  you  here, 
and  realizing  its  importance,  I  congratulate  you  on  the  feeling. 
I  sincerely  trust  that,  with  the  blessing  of  God,  this  spirit  of  har- 
mony will  continue  always." 

When  the  applause  which  followed  Bishop  Phelan's  remarks 
had  subsided,  Bishop  Kain,  deprecating  the  unavoidable  absence 
of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Waterson,  of  Columbus,  called  upon  Very  Rev. 
Dean  Hartnedy,  of  Steubenville,  to  respond  for  the  Diocese  of 
Ohio.     The  reverend  gentleman  spoke  as  follows : 

"  I  believe  I  voice  the  sentiments  of  the  clergy  of  the  Diocese 
of  Columbus,  when  I  say  that  we  vie  with  the  clergy  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Wheeling  in  our  admiration  of  Bishop  Kain.  You 
count  your  diocese  as  one  of  the  smallest  in  the  country.  But, 
although  in  the  almanacs  it  does  not  appear  numerically  great,  in 
the  ability  of  your  Bishop  it  stands  at  the  head.  And  it  is 
whispered  that  there  are  greater  things  in  store  for  Bishop  Kain. 
1  do  not  know  where  in  the  American  hierarchy  there  is  one  with 
a  larger  field  of  usefulness  before  him,  and  I  expect  to  see  it  en- 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.D.  39 

iarged,  in  which  event  I  am  Bure  he  will  leave-  his  name  as  a  shin- 
ing  mark  iti  the  Catholic  history  of  the  United  States.  Bishop 
Watterson  was  unavoidably  prevented  Erom  being  here,  but  tb 
is  no  person  in  the  Diocese  of  Ohio  who  holds  a  higher  estimate 
of  Bishop  Kain  than  Bishop  Watterson  himself.  We  are  all  glad 
to  he  here,  and  I  hope  the  pleasant  relations  between  the  I ' 
of  Wheeling  and  Columbus  will  ever  continue." 

The  committee  of  ladies  in  charge  of  the  banquet,  and  to 
whom  much  of  the  success   is  due,  m  ised  of   Mrs.  Emma 

Woods,  Mrs.  Kate  Comford,  Miss  B.  Glannon,  Miss  Annie  G-lan- 
non,  Miss  Mattie  Zinn,  Miss  Maggie  Fallon  and  Miss  May 
Woods. 

TRIP  TO  THE  MOUNT. 

Immediately  after  the  banquet  the  visiting  Bishops  and  most 
of  the  visiting  clergy  took  carriages  and  were  dri  Mi.  de 

Chantal.     They  spent  several  hours  as  the  guests  of  t:  -  <-f 

the  Visitation,  in  charge  of  that  institution.     They  .-trolled  about 
the    delightful  walks,    and   were  profuse  in    their   praise   of   the 
Mount,  which  was  found  to  he  perfect  in  all  it-  appointments,  and 
thoroughly  equipped  as  a  model  institution  of  learning.     The  E 
terspreparedalunch  for  the  clergy,  which  was  i    pleas- 

antly, after  which  all  returned  to  the  city. 

THE   PARADE  AND  ADDREE 

Half-past  seven  o'clock  last  evening  was  the  time  set  for  the 
formation  of  the  parade  which  was  to  be  Mich  an  important  fea- 
ture of  the  day,  and  the  various  societies  taking  part  in  it — the  An- 
cient Order  of  Hibernians,  the  Knight.-  of  Bt  G  and  St. 
John,  the  Sodalities  of  the  various  churches  and  the   members  oi 

the  congregations  taking   part— were    promptly   OH  hand,  and   the 

column,  headed  by  Mayers'  band,  was  en  route  through  th< 
shortly  before  eight  o'clock.     The  sidewalks  all  through  the  cen- 
tral part  of  the  city  were  crowded  with  a  vast  concourse  of  people, 
and  the  parading  column  wa.-  watched  with  the  greatest  inter 
While  the  route  of  march  was  being  gone  over,  hundn 


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swelled  to  thousands,  took  their  way  to  the  vicinity  of  the  Cathe- 
dral, and  by  eight  o'clock  the  entire  width  of  the  street  in  front 
of  that  edifice  was  crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity,  and  the  ser- 
vices of  police  officers  were  necessary  to  keep  the  throng  from 
encroaching  upon  the  front  of  the  building. 

About  half-past  seven  the  exercises  in  Convent  Hall  were 
opened  with  music,  there  being  present  a  large  audience,  among 
which  were  many  of  the  resident  and  visiting  clergy.  lit.  Rev. 
Bishop  Kain  was  seated  in  the  center  of  the  hall,  facing  the  south, 
with  Rt.  Bishops  Phelan,  of  Pittsburg,  and  Yan  de  Yyver,  of 
Richmond,  upon  either  hand,  with  Rt.  Rev.  Mgr.  Sullivan  close 
by,  and  about  these  distinguished  prelates  were  grouped  the 
gentlemen  who  were  to  deliver  the  addresses,  together  with  others 
distinguished  within  and  without  the  Church. 

As  soon  as  the  music  was  concluded  Hon.  T.  S.  Riley  ad- 
vanced, and  saluting  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishops,  began  his  address. 

ADDRESS  OF  T.   S.   RILEY. 

Addressing  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain,  Mr.  Riley  said : 
"  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  :  It  is  with  no  indifferent  feeling  that  the 
laity  of  your  diocese  greet  you  on  this  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
of  your  priesthood.  We  know  you  best  and  love  you  most  as 
Bishop,  for  it  is  in  that  capacity  you  have  been  intimately  asso- 
ciated with  us,  and  in  which  you  have  been  our  chief  spiritual 
guide  and  adviser.  Sixteen  years  ago  the  23d  of  last  May,  when 
you  were  consecrated  Bishop  of  this  diocese  in  the  Cathedral  in 
this  city,  you  were  quite  young,  both  in  years  and  as  a  priest. 
You  had  officiated  as  priest  less  than  ten  years,  and  I  believe  at 
the  time  of  your  consecration  you  were  the  youngest  bishop  in  the 
United  States.  You  were  selected  from  among  the  many  as  the 
fittest  to  fill  the  place  of  one  who  had  been  consecrated  Bishop 
the  very  year  in  which  you  were  born,  and  who  had  served  in  that 
high  office  in  the  church  as  many  years  as  you  had  at  that  time 
lived.  One,  too,  who,  like  yourself,  by  his  devotion  to  the  church 
and  those  in  his  charge,  and  his  great  ability  as  a  minister  of  the 


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gospel  and  manager  of  church  affairs,  had  won  the  hearts  of  his 
people  an<l  the  admiration  of  all  who  knew  him.     So  at  your 

years  in  life  and  experience  as  a  priest  the  honor,  duties,  and  re- 
sponsibility thrust  upon  you  were  such  that  no  ordinary  man  could 
safely  assume.  However,  it  did  QOt  take  your  people  lo 
learn  that  as  usual  Rome  had  made  no  mistake  and  that  the  man- 
tle of  the  deceased  Bishop  had  fallen  upon  the  shoulders  oi 
able  and  worthy  to  wear  it.  And  time  and  the  results  of  your 
work  have  only  served  to  confirm  those  truths.  Although  the 
laity  of  this  diocese  have  only  been  intimately  associated  with  you 
since  you  became  our  Bishop,  yet  you  never  were  a  stranger  To  us. 
Born  as  you  were  within  the  territory  that  composes  our  State, 
and  served,  as  you  have  your  God  and  your  people  since  you  were 
consecrated  priest,  within  the  State,  we  have  the  right  to  claim 
you  as  ours  from  your  very  childhood.  The  State  too,  has  the 
right  to  claim  you  as  one  of  her  gifted  sons  who  has  risen  to  emi- 
nence, influence  and  usefulness  in  the  Church  and  State  without 
any  assistance  except  your  own  energy  and  industry,  and  I 
grace  and  those  marked  abilities  which  he  seemed  pleased  to  be- 
stow upon  you.  While  the  State  has  a  just  claim  npon  you  as 
one  of  her  true,  faithful  and  patriotic  citizens,  and  the  Church  at 
large  has  the  right  to  claim  you  as  a  Bishop  that  Btands  high  in 
the  ranks  of  those  eminent  divines  who  are  fighting  for  the  cause 
of  religion,  and  under  whose  direction  and  guidance  the  Church 
is  making  such  rapid  progress  in  this  country,  yet  the  laity  of 
your  diocese  have  a  special  interesl  ld  you,  and  one  thai  is  para- 
mount to  all  the  rest.  We  claim  you  as  our  Bishop  as  distin- 
guished from  all  the  other  bishop.--  of  the  Church,  and  we  claim 
for  you  qualities  of  both  mind  and  heart  that  few  possess  to  the 

ee  that  they  are  found    in   you.      We   modestly    insist  that    no 

diocese  of  the  church  in  this  country  has  been  more  favored  than 

ours,  and  that    we  can    say  without   boasting  that  we  have  in  you, 

as  we  had  in  your  predecessor,  a  model  American   Bishop 
who  understands  thai  to  be  a  true  Catholic  and   faithful  to  the 

teachings  and  mandate-  of  his  church  is  being  true  t<»  his  country 


42  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

and  possessing  all  the  qualifications  of  an  honest,  upright  and  pa- 
triotic American  citizen  ;  one  who  is  kind  and  tender  and  faithful 
to  his  people  and  who  possesses  that  high  degree  of  fairness  and 
justice,  coupled  with  Christian  charity,  that  extends  to  the  hum- 
blest parishioner  the  same  cordial  and  hearty  welcome  and  con- 
sideration that  the  most  exalted  is  entitled  to  receive.  To-night 
you  celebrate  your  Silver  Jubilee  as  a  priest,  which  is  a  long  time, 
and  yet,  it  is  short  to  us  who  have  received  the  benefit  of  your 
untiring  and  faithful  services.  Time  is  not  always  measured  by 
years ;  it  is  measured  rather  by  that  which  we  accomplish.  To 
measure  your  days  thus  far  by  this  standard  you  have  already 
lived  a  long  life. 

"  In  the  first  twenty-five  years  of  your  life  you  accomplished 
all  that  a  student  could  accomplish  at  that  age  in  preparing  your- 
self for  your  holy  calling.  Within  the  next  ten  years  you  so  dis- 
tinguished yourself  as  a  priest  that  you  were  recognized  by  Rome, 
and  fortunately  for  us,  placed  at  the  head  of  the  diocese ;  since 
that  time  the  great  work  that  you  have  accomplished  is  manifest 
to  every  member  of  your  church  and  to  all  those  outside  who  are 
posted  as  to  the  progress  the  church  has  made  in  the  diocese  since 
you  have  taken  charge.  I  can  say  to  you  to-night,  in  behalf  of 
the  laity,  that  every  heart  beats  in  unison  for  you  and  that  many 
a  prayer  will  go  up  this  night  to  the  good  God  that  you  may  be 
long  spared  to  us.  We  know  that  you  would  rather  have  the 
prayers  and  the  good  wishes  of  your  people  than  any  earthly  gift 
that  we  might  bestow  upon  you,  but  in  addition  thereto  we  have 
taken  the  liberty  of  placing  at  your  disposal  as  a  memento  of  this 
occasion  a  gift  in  keeping  with  the  day  you  celebrate,  and  hope  it 
will  be  accepted  by  you  in  the  spirit  in  which  it  is  given,  and  that 
you  may  long  live  to  guide  and  direct  us  in  the  pathway  of  truth 
and  righteousness.     We  ask  your  blessing." 

ADDRESS  OF  MR.   P.   BONENBERGER. 

"  Right  Reverend  Bishop —  Your  Lordship  : 

This  evening  the  St.  Alphonsus  congregation  is  approaching 
their  beloved  Bishop  in  order  to  offer  their  most  heartfelt  congrat- 


JOHH    J.     !<•'..     i).D. 

ulations  on  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  his  ordination  to  holy 
priesthood.  Our  hearts  arc  filled  with  delight  when  we  see  your 
lordship  surrounded  by  yonr  children,  who  have  longed  for  the 
day  which  would  furnish  them  an  opportunity  to  assure  yon  of 
the  love,  veneration  and  gratitude  which  they  feel  for  yon. 

"To-day  twenty-five  years  have  passed    Bince  yon   hear 
followed  the  voice  of  the  good  Shepherd,  Jesus  Christ,  who  called 
you  to  holy  priesthood,  that  yon    mighl  devote  yourself  in  his 
holy  church  to  the  salvation  of  Bonis.     To-day  it   is  twenty-five 
years  since  the  bishop  imposed  hi-  hands  on  y<>u  and  conferred 
the  full  power  of  priesthood   upon  von — a  power   which  ell 
man  above  the  angels  and  makes  him  the  representative  of  G 
himself. 

"  And  from  that  time  the  only  end  you  sought  on  earth  wi 
do  the  will  of  your  heavenly  Master:  hi-  grace  supported  you  in 
your  trials  and  his  love  was  the  pure   flame   thai   warmed  your 
heart  and  rewarded  you  for  all  the  labors  and  sacrif 

"  After  faithfully  working  nine  years  in  the  vineyard  of  our 
Lord,  the  zeal  of  the  young  priesl  in  the  laborious  duty  showed 
his  merit  and  attracted  attention.  The  cable  flashed  from  Rome 
over  the  whole  country  the  thrilling  tidings:  '  Pope  Pius  EX. 
appointed  to  the  See  of  Wheeling,  W".  7a.,  the  Rt  Rev.  John 
Joseph  Kain,  known  as  a  priesl  of  learning,  decision  and  ability.' 

"  And  since  that  time,  i.  e.,  during  sixteen  years,  we  venerate 
your  lordship  as  our  Bishop  ;  we  love  and  esteem  yon  as  our  father 
and  spiritual  guide;  we  acknowledge  In  youa  true  successor  to  the 
apostles.  Bu1  we  not  only  love  and  venerate  you,  we  also  thank 
yon  from  the  bottom  of  our  heart.-  for  all  the  good  you  have  done 
for  us  during  the  sixteen  years.  All  children  owe  a  deep  debt  of 
gratitude  to  their  father,  but  the  gratitude  of  the  St  Alphonsus 
congregation  to  your  Lordship  is  far  deeper  than  thai  oi  moel 
children,  because  you  have  in  Buch  an  excellenl  way  provided  for 
our  spiritual  wants  by  calling  the  sons  of  St  Francis  as  our  pastors, 
under  whose  faithful, wise  and  gentle  guidance  our  congregation 
is  in   a  prosperous  condition,  and  the   g 1    Fathers  under  your 


44  Sacerdotal  Silveii  Jubilee 

crosier,  and  with  you,  will  keep  us  on  the  right  way  to  heaven — 
the  place  of  our  eternal  destiny. 

"  Knowing  that  words  are  but  an  insignificant  tribute  of  grati- 
tude, the  ladies  of  our  congregation  contributed  a  small  part  of 
silver  and  gold,  in  order  to  have  a  share  in  the  souvenir, 
which  your  children  of  the  Cathedral  offer  you  in  form  of  a  pre- 
cious chalice  as  a  trifling  testimony  of  their  love  and  respect. 

"  But  as  a  particular  token  of  our  veneration,  love  and  grati- 
tude, the  good  zealous  Capuchin  Fathers  and  their  trustees,  as  rep- 
resentatives of  the  St.  Alphonsus'  congregation,  have  presented 
your  Lordship  with  a  valuable  croiser,  or  pastoral  staff",  intended 
to  signify  that  the  power  and  grace  of  the  pastoral  office  must  be 
derived  of  God. 

"  May  the  Almighty  reward  your  Lordship  with  His  choicest 
blessings  for  all  the  cares  you  have  bestowed  upon  us  ;  may  it  be 
His  holy  will  that  for  many,  many  years  to  come  you  will  lead  us 
with  your  crosier  on  the  right  path  to  heaven,  that  all  of  us  in  union 
with  the  Shepherd  of  shepherds  may  celebrate  the  jubilee  of 
eternal  happiness. 

"  And  now,  esteemed  ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  courteously  invite 
you  to  arise  and  join  your  voices  with  mine  in  hailing  the  priest 
jubilant,  our  Right  Reverend  Bishop.    Hurrah  !  hurrah !  hurrah !  " 

ADDRESS  OP  HON.  W.  C.  HANDLAN. 

When  Mr.  Bonenberger  had  taken  his  seat,  and  the  applause 
had  subsided,  Hon.  W.  C.  Handlan  said  : 

"  ML  Rev.  Bishop. — The  three  gentlemen,  Mr.  Lawrence  Ray, 
Mr.  Edward  Hughes  and  Mr.  John  Mullarkey,  appointed  by 
Father  Mullen  to  represent  St.  Mary's  on  this  auspicious  occasion 
— the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  your  ordination — have,  with  the 
sanction  of  Father  Mullen,  requested  me  to  act  with  them,  and  to 
present  the  small  offering  St.  Mary's  has  to  make  to  }Tou.  I  trust 
you  will  not  measure  the  love  and  esteem  we  all  have  for  you  by 
the  value  of  our  offering,  for  I  know  you  are  as  dear  to  us  as  you 
are  to  those  immediately  around  your  home.     There  is  not  a  heart, 


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young  or  old,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary's,  but  loves  you,  honors 
you,  and  appreciates  the  great  blessing  we  all  enjoy  by  reason  of 
your  remarkable  abilities,  so  lavishly  used  f<>r  the  benefit  of  the 
people.  I  have  the  pleasure  and  I  esteem  the  honor,  to  present 
the  token  of  regard  of  St.  Mary's." 

At  the  conclusion  of  WCr.  Eandlan's  remarks,  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop 
Kain  rose,  and  turning  t<»  the  large  audience  which  tilled  the 
Convent  hall,  he  said  : 

"  It  was  the  original  intention  to  have  the  ladies  and  gentle- 
men of  the  congregation  offer  their  personal  congratulations  here 
in  the  hall,  hut  the  room  is  bo  crowded  thai  Mgr.  Sullivan  has 
suggested  that  it  would  he  better  to  defer  thai  portion  of  the  pro- 
gramme until  after  the  addresses  <>n  the  platform  outside.  We 
will  accordingly  adjourn  to  the  outer  air." 

The  hall  was  then  .-loaivd  of  the  audience,  jusl  a-  the  head  <>f 
the  marching  column  came  along  the  Btreet,  and  a-  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop 
Kain,  with  Kt.  Rev.  Bishops  Phelan  and  Van  de  Vyver,  and 
closely  followed  by  Mgr.  Sullivan  and  the  other  clergy,  went  out 
into  the  open  air,  they  beheld  an  assemblage  which  tilled  the 
entire  width  of  the  street,  from  a  point  near  Fourteenth  S 
far  north  as  the  vicinity  of  the  site  of  the  Eebrew  synagogue, 
and  which  must  have  numbered  about  Biz  or  eighl  thousand  souls. 
Bands  were  playing,  banners  waving,  firework-  fizzing  and  crack- 
ling, people  cheering,  ami  altogether  it  was  an  inspiring  and  inter- 
esting spectacle. 

As  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishops  emerged  from  th<  ore   sur- 

rounding the  convent,  the-   Knights  of  Si.  George,  who  had  tx 
drawn  up  on  the  sidewalk  in  a  double  rank,  presented   arms,  and 
the  lit.  Rev.  Bishops  and  the  attendant  clergy  walked  beneath  a 
longline  of  drawn  swords  \<>  the  Bouth  Btairway  Leading  to  the 
Cathedra]  porch,  where  the  way  had  been  cleared  by  a  fora 

police',   and    mounted    to    ihe    level    of    the    portico.       In     the    0 

ter  of  the  portico,  on  a  raised  dais,  large  chairs  had  beeu  placed 

for  the  Kt.  Rev.  Bishops,  and  numerous  -eat-  for  the  otto 

and   guests.     A.mong   them  was  Hon.  Judge  John   Brannon,  of 


46  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

Weston.     As  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishops  made  their  appearance,  they 
were  greeted  with  a  hearty  round  of  applause. 

Silence  having  been  restored,  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain  rose  to  his 
feet,  and,  in  a  voice  full  of  emotion,  said : 

ADDRESS  OF  RT.  REV.  BISHOP  KAIN. 

"  I  will  do  my  best,  my  very  dear  friends,  to  make  my  words 
reach  as  many  of  you  as  possible.  Congratulations  upon  con- 
gratulations have  poured  in  upon  me  this  day,  from  the  clergy  and 
from  the  laity.  In  the  hall  of  the  convent  I  have  just  listened  to 
the  addresses  of  Messrs.  Riley,  Bonenberger,  and  Handlan,  the 
representatives  of  this,  St.  Mary's  and  St.  Alphonsus'  congrega- 
tions, and  of  the  laity  of  this  diocese  at  large,  and  I  am  sure  that 
all  who  were  privileged  to  hear  those  addresses  were  more  than 
pleased  at  the  handsome  manner  in  which  those  gentlemen  acquit- 
ted themselves  of  the  task  which  testified  to  the  warm  feelings  of 
our  faithful  laity.  Personally,  I  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  them 
for  the  compliments  which  they  were  pleased  to  convey  in  their 
addresses,  and  a  debt  of  love  also  to  those  who  so  enthusiastically 
applauded  the  utterance  of  those  compliments,  and,  indeed,  to  all 
of  you,  dear  friends,  who  have  labored  with  such  zeal  in  this  cele- 
bration of  my  silver  jubilee. 

"  If  the  labors  of  five  and  twenty  years  in  the  ministry  have 
worn  deeper  lines  on  my  face,  and  bleached  into  snowy  whiteness 
these  once  jet  black  locks  of  mine,  the  honors  which  have  been 
showered  upon  me  this  day  ought  to  be  more  than  sufficient  to  wipe 
out  these  lines,  and  to  restore  these  whitened  hairs.  I  will  not 
say  these  expressions  of  loyalty  and  of  affection  on  the  part  of 
my  good  people  will  have  the  effect  of  rejuvenating  me — of  mak- 
ing me  young  again — because  I  do  not  acknowledge  that  I  am  an 
old  man  yet,  even  if  I  do  wear  'specs.  [Laughter.]  Spectacles 
are  not  altogether  a  sign  of  old  age.     [Laughter.] 

"  Twenty-five  years  in  the  prospective  seems  to  be  a  long  dis- 
tance off.  Twenty-five  years  gone  into  the  past  are  but  a  short 
span.     When  I  look  back  to  July  2,  1866,  when  I  was  ordained  a 


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priest,  it  seems  to  me  but  as  yesterday.  Ah!  little  did  my  well- 
wishers  of  that  day  imagine  that  I  would  live  to  celebrate  m 
ver  jubilee.  I  was  then  considered  to  be  a  victim  of  that  fell 
disease,  consumption,  and  already  it  was  sup] 
itself  upon  me,  but  although  T  have  done  my  Bhare  of  talking  "lin- 
ing the  twenty-live  years  which  have  followed  that  time,  my  lungs 
have  not  quite  given  out  yet.  [Laughter.]  [  have  no  doubt  I 
owe  it  to  the  exercise  forced  upon  me  in  the  nini  of  my  pas- 

torate at  Harper's  Ferry,  that  my  voice  is  strong  my  health 

better  than  when  I  was  ordained  a  priest.     I  make  this  -tat.  : 
for   the   benefit   of   the   young   clergy,  like   Father    Fitzpatrick 
[laughter],  who  have  to  spend  so  much  time  in  the  saddle,  in 
mer's  heat  and  winter's  storm.     That  field  of  labor  Buffered  much 
from  the  bitterness  of  the  Civil  War.     All  around  were  to  be 
evidences  of  that  long  and  fratricidal  strife.     Churches,  like  that 
at  Winchester  and  at  Berkeley  Springs,  hud  to  be  rebuilt ;  others, 
as  that  at  Harper's  Ferry,  were  sadly  in  need  of  repairs.      The 
poor  scattered  sheep  of  my  flock  were  tryii  over  the  ruin 

of  that  contest,  and  I  do  not  deny  that  the  nine  years  of  that  life 
entailed  upon  me  much  of  hardship,  but  it  was  not  without  its 
compensations.  Whenever  I  found  an  opportunity  I  offered  the 
truths  of  the  gospel,  and  they  were  accepted,  and  whenever  I 
could  get  a  knot  of  people  together,  in  a  conn  house,  or  under 
the  forest  trees,  it  was  my  delight  to  expound  the  teachings  oi  our 
holy  faith.  They  were  a  people  poor  in  this  world'  _ 
they  were  rich  in  faith,  and  I  was  loath  to  part  with  them,  b 
will  always  keep  them  in  grateful  remembrance. 

"  The  sixteen  years  of  my  sacerdotal  and  episcopal  life  a:. 
you,  my  friends,  is  an  open  book,  from  the  which   1 

not,  on  this  occasion, read.     Four  modesty  Bhould,  perhap-.  check 
:pressioD  I  am  going  to  make.     I  am  satisfied  with  y 

though  I  do  scold   you   BOmetimes     directly   sometime-,  and    indi- 
rectly at  others — and  I  infer  from  what    has  been    aid  today,  that 

you  are  satisfied  with  me.     This  Lb  not  one  of  the  ] »•  >j>ul:i 
ami  yet,  when  1  look  back  over  the  ground,  and  see  what  hae 


48  Sacekdotal  Silvek  Jubilee 

accomplished  during  those  sixteen  years,  I  am  astonished  at  the 
results.  Within  that  time  thirty  churches  have  been  built.  One 
of  my  first  efforts  was  directed  towards  the  reconstruction  of  St. 
Mary's  Church,  which  was  burned  during  the  vacancy  in  the  See. 
St.  Alphonsus'  has  been  demolished,  and  a  nobler  pile  now  occu- 
pies its  place.  It  is  so  at  Weston,  so  at  Huntington,  so  at  the 
German  settlement  in  Preston,  at  the  German  settlement  in  Mar- 
shall, at  Leading  Creek,  in  Lewis,  in  Doddridge  County,  and  in 
many  other  places,  and  so  far  as  I  can  judge,  the  spiritual  wants 
of  the  flock  have  also  been  provided  for  as  satisfactorily  as  possible. 

"  There  is  much  need  for  me  to  thank  God  for  giving  me 
priests  so  zealous  and  faithful  and  so  devoted  to  the  Church  and 
its  Pastor.  There  are,  indeed,  more  inviting  fields,  perhaps,  than 
the  mountains  and  valleys  of  West  Yirginia ;  at  least,  in  the  eyes 
of  some  they  are  more  attractive,  but  truer  hearts — hearts  more 
loyal  to  God  and  their  country — are  nowhere  to  be  found  than 
among  the  Catholics  of  the  diocese  of  Wheeling.     [Applause.] 

"  I  trust,  then,  my  dear,  good  friends,  it  may  be  permitted  me 
to  spend  the  remainder  of  my  days  among  you,  and  I  was  not  a 
little  pleased  at  table  to-day  when  a  neighboring  priest  dropped 
the  hint  that  I  might  go  to  other  fields  of  labor,  and  I  saw  the 
disapproval  manifested  by  the  clergy.  I  am  satisfied  to  remain 
here  the  remainder  of  my  life,  and  I  hope  that  the  prayers  which 
have  gone  up  to-day  from  many  hearts,  and  which  I  know  have 
been  heard  and  answered,  that  God  may  give  me  the  opportunity 
of  celebrating  my  Golden  Jubilee  among  you,  may  be  fulfilled. 
[Applause.] 

"  This  has  been  to  me  a  day  of  jubilation — a  day  of  pleasure 
and  of  deepest  joy.  I  have  been  reminded  of  it,  even  by  the  little 
ones  of  my  flock,  and  I  could  see  in  their  beaming  countenances 
that  their  little  hearts  were  aglow  with  the  spirit  of  congratula- 
tion to  their  Bishop,  and  there  are  none  of  whom  I  am  more  proud. 
I  have  received  the  congratulations  of  my  clergy,  and  your  con- 
gratulations. The  presence  here  of  this  immense  mass  of  my 
fellow  citizens,  mainly  Catholics,  I  suppose,  but  mingled  with 


of  Rt.  Rev.  Johs  J.   K\in.  D.D.  49 

them  many  non-Catholics  as  well,  is  all  a  sufficient  indication  of 
your  feelings.  I  have  also  been  the  recipient,  and  I  prize 
it  highly,  of  a  cablegram  from  \i  •  e,  conveying  to  me  the 
congratulations  of  the  Chief  Representative  of  Christ's  flock.  And 
what  is  more  fitting  to  crown  this  day  than  to  invoke  upon  myself, 
the  clergy,  congregation  and  citizens  the  benediction  of  the 
great  invisible  Shepherd  of  Souls.  May  the  good  God  bless  you, 
bless  you  in  all  your  homes,  in  your  enterprises,  and  in  all  y<  -in- 
actions." 

At  the  end  of  the  address,  which  was  loudly  applauded,  tin- 
members  of  the  congregation  of  St.  Alphonsns  intoned  the  Te 
Deum  in  German,  and,  accompanied  by  a  brass  band,  a  grand 
chorus  rang  out,  in  which  thousands  joined.  The  song  ended,  the 
Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  invoked  a  benediction  upon  the  multitude,  hun- 
dreds kneeling  as  he  spoke  the  solemn  and  impressive  words,  and 
then  the  great  assemblage  began  to  mount  the  steps  and  march 
past  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishops  and  clergy,  saluting  them  as  they  did 
so,  while  fireworks  blazed  and  sputtered  on  all  sides. 

In  a  short  time  a  procession  was  again  formed,  and  the  column 
again  marched  through  the  principal  streets,  the  line  being  illu- 
minated with  many  red-fire  torches  and  roman  candles,  and  other 
fireworks.  It  was  a  fitting  close  to  a  most  interesting  day.  and 
sufficiently  attests  the  great  love  and  admiration  felt  for  the  object 
of  it  all — Rt.  Rev.  John  Joseph  Kain. 

RT.  REV.  BISHOP  VAN  DK  vTVER'8  ADDH 

After  the  parade  of  the  societies  they  returned  to  the  front  of 
the  Cathedral  and  called  for  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Kain.  Though  the 
Bishop  had  withdrawn,  supposing  thai  the  reception  was  over,  he 
returned  accompanied  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Van  de  Vyver, 
Sullivan  and  a  few  of  the  clergy.  <  Iheer  after  cheer  went  np  for 
the  Bishop  of  Wheeling  and  the  visiting  prelates.  Thereupon 
the  li;.  Rev.  Bishop  of  Richmond  addressed  the  societies  and 
many  others  who  constituted  quite  an  audience.  His  remarks 
were   admirable,  and    elicited  frequent   applause.      Then    three 


50  Sacekdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

cheers  were  given  for  the  visiting  bishops.  A  call  was  made  for 
Rt.  Rev.  Monsignor  Sullivan,  who  in  well  chosen  words  and  witli 
noteworthy  earnestness  thanked  the  societies  and  all  the  people, 
non-Catholics  as  well  as  Catholics,  for  the  magnificent  demonstra- 
tion of  the  day,  in  honor  of  the  Rt.  Rev.  Dr.  Kain.  The  Mon- 
signor closed  his  remarks  with  a  request  that  three  immense 
cheers  be  given  for  the  great  Pontiff  now  at  the  head  of  the  church, 
Leo.  XIII.  That  they  were  given  with  a  will  need  hardly  be  said. 
As  the  Holy  Father,  Leo.  XIII,  by  cablegram  blessed  Wheeling's 
Bishop  on  his  jubilee  eve,  so  now,  at  the  close  of  the  great  day, 
honor  to  the  immortal  Leo  Thirteenth's  name  was  the  final  act. 

BISHOP  KAIN'S  SILVER  JUBILEE. 
Editorial  in  Daily  Register,  July  3d,  1891. 

Yesterday  was  celebrated  in  fitting  manner  the  Silver  Jubilee 
of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  John  J.  Kain  of  the  Diocese  of  Wheeling. 
The  enthusiastic  out-door  demonstration,  and  the  vast  audience  at 
the  service  in  the  Cathedral,  attested  the  respect,  esteem  and  love 
the  Catholics,  and  indeed  all  who  know  Bishop  Kain,  have  for  him. 

For  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  has  as  a  priest  of  his  church, 
ministered  to  the  spiritual  welfare  of  his  fellow  men,  urging  them 
to  better  things,  not  only  from  the  pulpit,  but  by  the  example  fur- 
nished in  his  pure  and  Christian  life.  A  man  of  deep  learning 
and  study,  his  chief  personal  characteristic  is  his  peculiarly  gentle 
and  kindly  nature.  Firm  in  principle  as  a  rock,  powerful  and 
eloquent  in  denunciation  of  wrong  and  evil,  he  is  yet  gentle  at  heart 
as  a  woman.  Possessing  such  attractive  qualities  it  is  not  surpris- 
ing that,  though  a  young  man  when  elevated  to  the  Bishopric,  he 
should  have  been  chosen  to  occupy  his  present  eminence  in  the 
Catholic  Church.  It  is  doubtful  if  there  is  a  more  popular  and 
generally  beloved  member  of  the  priesthood  in  America. 

The  world  is  made  better  by  such  men  as  Bishop  Kain  living 
in  it.  He  is  yet  a  young  man,  as  Bishops  go,  and  the  Catholics 
of  his  diocese,  together  with  many  sincere  and  warm  friends  of 
other  denominations,  will  unite  in  the  fervent  hope  that  he  may 
long  be  spared  to  administer  his  holy  office. 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.   Kain,  D.D. 

THE  JUBILEE  PRESENTS. 


OFFERING    OF    THE    CLERGY    OF    THE    DIOCESE    TO    RT.    REV. 
JOHN  J.  KAIN.  D.D. 

OK  some  weeks  previous  to  July  2d,  1891,  the  Very 
Rev.  and  Rev.  Clergy  of  the  Diocese  of  Wheeling 
remitted  to  Rt.  Rev.  Mgr.  Sullivan,  V.G.,  Chairman 
?  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements,  sums  of  money 
to  be  presented  to  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain  on 
his  Silver  Jubilee  day.  Whilst  the  total  was  a  respecta- 
ble check,  it  but  faintly  expressed  their  admiration  and  love  of 
their  Bishop,  as  was  evident  from  the  expressions  accompaning 
each  remittance. 

THE  BISHOP  RECEIVES  SOME  COSTLY  TOKENS  OF  ESTEEM. 

One  of  the  features  of  the  jubilee  occasion  was  the  array  of 
handsome  presents  received  by  the  Bishop  in  honor  of  the  • 
Almost  every  Catholic  church  and  society  in  the  diocese  contribu- 
ted, and  a  large  number  of  individual  gifts  are  also  included  in  the 
display.  The  affection  and  esteem  in  which  the  great  head  of  the 
diocese  is  held  is  here  attested  in  a  manner  that  was  widespread 
and  unmistakable.  The  Bishop's  parlors,  as  well  as  the  Beveral 
adjoining  apartments,  were  well  filled  with  useful  and  ornamental 
tokens,  all  of  which  were  viewed  with  pleasure  during  the  day  by 
hundreds  of  people. 

One  of  the  most  conspicuous  gifts  in  the  list  was  a  hande 
gold  chalice  in  an  especially  designed  case.      This  was  presented 
to  the  Bishop  by   the  ladies   of   St.  Joseph's  Cathedral.       I 

chalice  [fi  nearly  a  foot  in  height,  and  is  inlaid  and  inset  with  vari- 
ous minerals  and  gems,  the  whole  forming  one  of  the  most  unique 
and  magnificent  presents  offered.       It   is  unique    from  the 
that  the  entire  chalice  is  made  up  of  various  pieces  of  gold  and 

silver  jewelry  donated  by  the  ladies  of  the  congregation,  and  rent 

to  Providence,  lih.»de  Island,  to  be  remelted  into  a  chalice;  and 


52  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

not  only  jewelry,  but  diamonds,  pearls,  emeralds,  and  many  other 
stones  figure  prettily  in  the  design.  It  is  a  present  likely  loug 
to  be  cherished. 

Another  very  handsome  present  is  a  solid  silver,  heavily  gilt 
crosier,  nicely  enclosed  in  an  expensive  case,  presented  by  the  con- 
gregation of  St.  Alphonsus'  church. 

A  purple  silk  cassock  from  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph  was  also 
a  notable  present ;  also  white  and  gold  vestments  from  the  young 
ladies  of  the  Sodalities  and  Academy. 

A  magnificent  Bible,  also  other  books  pertaining  to  his  office  were 
presented  by  Very  Revs.  John  and  Jeremiah  Murray,  of  Cincinnati, 
cousins  of  Bishop  Kain.  White  silk  dalmatics  were  presented  by 
the  Sisters  of  St.  John's  Home,  while  the  boys  of  the  same  insti- 
tution contributed  a  handsome  pah*  of  slippers.  Some  fine  silver- 
ware was  presented  by  Rev.  Father  Desmond  of  Ohio.  From  the 
Infant  Sodality  of  the  school  was  a  card  containing  a  series  of 
medals  neatly  arranged. 

The  ladies  of  Mt.  de  Chantal  contributed  a  very  fine  series  of 
standard  works  in  literature,  while  the  Sisters  of  the  Mount  sent 
in  a  present  consisting  of  a  box  filled  with  silver  dollars.  The 
Angels'  Sodality,  of  Grafton,  sent  a  silver-handled  umbrella,  while 
the  Infant  Sodality  of  the  same  place  sent  a  handsomely  engraved 
ring. 

The  members  of  the  Immaculate  Conception  Church  contributed 
the  sum  of  $100.  The  orphan  children  at  the  Hospital,  fully  alive 
to  the  importance  of  the  occasion,  sent  in  a  card  of  handsome  gold 
and  silver  medals. 

One  of  the  prettiest  presents  seen  was  a  benediction  veil  con- 
tributed by  the  Sisters  of  Parkersburg.  A  large  and  magnificent 
silver  paper  cutter  was  presented  by  Rev.  A.  R.  Sidley,  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.  The  children  of  the  Immaculate  Conception  gave  a 
handsome  picture,  while  Miss  Murray,  of  Cincinnati,  contributed 
fine  purple  rabbis.  The  children  of  Benwood  came  forward  in 
a  handsome  sum  of  money,  the  Angels'  Sodality,  of  Parkersburg, 
gave  a  pair  of  silver  cruets,  a  box  of  silver  from  the  Sisters  of  St. 


or  Efcr.   ,  m  J.  Elain,  D.D. 

Mary's,  a  handsome  velvet  allium  from  the  Angels'  Sodality  • 
Joseph,  a  pulpit  stand  from  Miss  Kate  Hcil,  and  a  fine,  band- 
painted  antependium  by  Miss  Helen  Devries.  These  are  only  a 
few  of  the  presents  received.  There  were  dozens  of  other  offer- 
ings contributed  by  individuals,  many  of  which  were  in  tin-  Bhape 
of  money. 


Other  Demonstrations  Connected  with  Bishop  Kain's 
Silver  Jubilee. 

MOUNT  DE  CHANTAL. 

(From  Tht  Mount.) 

With  the  quick  transition  from  spiritual  joy  to  innocent  mirth 
which  true  worship  always  allows,  all  thoughts  were  soon  turned 
to  an  entirely  different  celebration,  for  this  evening  had  also  been 
appointed  to  honor  the  Silver  Jubilee  of  our  beloved  father.  Bishop 
Kain.  The  true  anniversary  of  his  ordination  will  not  be  until 
July  2,  the  Feast  of  the  Visitation,  but  as  we  will  be  scattered  in 
every  direction  before  that  day  arrives,  we  concluded  to  take  time 
by  the  forelock  and  have  a  little  fete  all  to  ourselves.  First  <>n 
our  programme  came  the  banquet.  Those  who  have  Been  OUT  re 
fectory  only  on  ordinary  occasions  can  have  do  idea  of  Us  appear- 
ance when  there  is  a  question  of  a  Silver  Jubilee  !  And  two  such 
occasions  have  graced  it  during  this  scholastic  year  !  In  our  initial 
number  for  the  year  we  told  you  of  the  Silver  Jubilee  of  Mount  de 
Ohantal — in  our  closing  number  we  must  describe  the  fete  of  the 
President  of  our  school.  Well,  to  return  to  the  refectory.  The 
tables  were  beautiful.  His  Lordship  paused  at  the  threshold  t<> 
admire  the  brilliant  Bcene  ;  and  discovered  at  a  glance  that  the 
tables,  gorgeous  with  flowers,  glass  and  silver,  to  Bay  nothing  of 
the  choice  edibles  with  which  they  were  laden,  formed  the  letter 
K.  That  was  a  complimentary  way  of  informing  him  that  the 
feast  was  in  his  honor  ;  I'm-  you  musl   know  that  until  that  moment, 

not  a  word  had  been  e\cn  whispered  to  suggest  any  extraordinary 


5±  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

event.  The  Bishop  took  his  place  just  at  the  middle  of  the  K,  if 
you  know  where  that  is,  and  in  less  time  than  it  takes  to  tell,  all 
were  seated  and  the  merry-making  began.  "We  will  not  tell  of  all 
the  good  things  we  had — (we  had  a  great  abundance)  nor  of  all 
the  wise  and  witty  things  we  said — with  such  good  cheer  we  could 
not  fail  to  say  much  that  was  agreeable — but  we  will  tell  you  of 
the  concluding  remarks  of  his  Lordship,  which  we  considered 
among  the  wisest  and  wittiest  of  the  evening.  In  language  which 
we  need  not  record  verbatim,  he  told  of  a  little  bird  which  had  been 
twittering  in  his  ear  all  through  the  feast  and  the  song  of  the  bird 
was  ho-ho-li — ho-li-day  !  Would  you  believe  it  ?  that  little  song 
of  three  syllables  received  immense  applause,  and  was  very  effec- 
tive too,  for  all  preparations  for  the  examinations  having  been 
well  made,  we  were  given  a  holiday  for  the  next  day. 

A  stroll  around  the  grounds  followed  the  supper  and  then  a 
summons  called  all  to  the  music  hall.  There  the  following  pro- 
gramme was  carried  out : 

Piano  Solo — "  Hark  the  Lark  " Liszt. 

Miss  Blanche  Moran. 

Vocal  Duo—"  When  I  Know  That  Thou  Art  Near  Me," Alt. 

Misses  Eugenia  Schmidt  and  Marie  Dent. 

Violin  Solo Miss  Kathleen  Hagan. 

Yocal  Solo — "  Ave  Maria," Gounod. 

Miss  Eugenia  Schmidt. 

Piano  Quartette — "  Wassertrager," Cherubini. 

Misses  Blanche  Moran,  Flora  Pollack. 

Misses  Eugenia  Schmidt  and  Margaret  Ketterer. 

Address Miss  Marie  Dent. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  make  any  comments  on  the  rendition  of 
the  above  programme ;  the  same  young  ladies  will  receive  their 
due  meed  of  praise  for  their  Commencement  efforts.  Suffice  it  to 
say  that  the  whole  was  thoroughly  enjoyed.     A  certain  amount  of 


of  ]  .  John  J.   Kw.\.  D.D. 

freedom,  which  is  absent  on  the  more  formal  fortnighly  "musi- 
cales,"  characterized  this  little  entertainment.  <  >ne  murk  of  this 
freedom  was  the  throwing  of  flowers  to  the  favorite  performers, 
till  the  floor  was  strewn  with  peonies,  rosebuds,  etc.  The  address 
was  remarkably  well  delivered  by  Miss  Marie  Dent,  who  in  read- 
ing the  passage,  "  We  offer  you  our  gift,"  &c,  gracefully  motioned 
our  attention  to  a  full  set  of  Brownson's  works  which  stood  in 
array  on  a  table  beside  her.  These  volumes  were  marked  in  gilt 
letters  with  the  Bishop's  name  and  the  year. 

The  Bishop  then  arose  and  addressed  us  in  a  most  happy  vein, 
interesting  us  greatly  by  some  accounts  of  his  early  missions  and 
of  the  early  days  of  the  diocese.  His  address  was  succeeded  by  a 
last  surprise,  a  surprise  to  us  as  well  as  to  him — the  arrival  upon 
the  scene  of  a  final  refection  in  the  form  of  ice  cream  and  straw- 
berries and  cake!  In  the  enjoyment  of  these,  accompanied  by 
light-hearted,  cozy  chatting,  the  rest  of  the  evening  passed  away 
and  nine  o'clock  was  upon  us  before  we  could  realize  that  one  of 
our  happiest  evenings  was  at  an  end. 

To  The  Right  Reverend,  The  Bishop  ob  Whkbli 
June  4,   L891. 
Your  Lordsh  ip  : 

Memory — through  whose  realms  we  love  to  roam, 

Inhaling  once  again  the  perfumed  air, 
That  fraught  with  thoughts  of  love,  of  joy,  of  home, 

Steals  softly  o'er  our  sense, — surpassing  fair 
Doth  stand,  unveiling  in  the  far  off  past 

A  peerless  day.     Across  the  vanished  yean 
That  sever  you  from  youth,  that  day  has  cast 

A  radiance  in  whose  glow  the  burning  tears 
That  Sorrow  dropped  upon  the  way,  now  s(vm 

But  glistening  jewels;  thorns  thai  pierced  the  heart 
Assume  a  golden  Lustre ;  and  the  gleam 

Of  banished  joys  rekindles,  as  athwarl 
The  Lengthening  vista  falls  thai  ray  divine. 

Oh  I  who  can  speak  the  thoughts  that  rise,  or  give 


56  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

To  joy  so  sweet,  expression ;    who  define 

The  wondrous  gift  that  caused  that  day  to  live 
Forever  in  remembrance  !     Words  convey 

But  feebly  what  the  heart  so  deeply  feels, 
And  falter  on  our  lips  when  we  essay 

To  name  the  gifts  of  God. — Your  heart  reveals 
What  ours  must  still  conceal — 

This  happy  night 
We  come  with  hearts  all  joyous  to  your  fete 

Your  Silver  Jubilee  !     In  rapid  flight 
The  years  have  sped,  and  on  your  brow  have  set 

A  silver  coronal.     Each  shining  thread 
That  mingles  with  the  locks  of  sable  brown 

Was  spun  from  clouds  whose  radiant  linings  shed 
No  ray  on  earth,  but  form  a  lasting  crown 

Of  heavenly  glory.     In  its  tracery  wrought, 
Are  days  both  glad  and  mournful ;  and  they  glow 

In  varied  beauty,  jewels  that  have  caught 
A  ray  of  God's  approving  smile.     Yet  though 

These  jewels  set  in  silver,  are  most  fair, 
We  wish  for  you  a  crown  more  glorious  still, 

A  crown  whose  golden  fillets,  rich  and  rare, 
The  coming  years  shall  weave  with  gems  until 

Another  jubilee  be  yours.     How  vain, 
Unworthy,  seem  all  earthly  boons,  to  eyes 

That  in  the  light  of  Faith  behold  the  chain 
Of  heavenly  graces  which  unbroken  lies 

Along  your  priesthood's  life  !  and  yet  to-night, 
We  offer  you  our  gift  with  trusting  love 

And  greet  you  with  a  thousand  greetings  !     Bright ! 
And  ever  brighter,  may  your  crown  above 

Be  garnished.     Sweet !  and  ever  sweeter,  grow 
Your  joys.     And  though  through  many  clouds  you  see 

No  silver  lining,  may  you  one  day  know 
The  bliss  of  an  eternal  Jubilee  ! 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.   Kun,  D.D.  57 

WHEELING  HOSPITAL  PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL. 
Jink  2Gth,   1891. 

LITTLE   QIKL9*   JUBILEE   WISI1E8. 

O,  if  I  were  a  silver  coin 

J  low  happy  would  I  be  ! 
I  would  buy  as  nice  a  present 

As  you  would  wish  to  see, 
And  give  it  to  our  Bishop 
On  his  Silver  Jubilee. 

I  wish  I  were  a  flower, 

So  delicate  and  fair, 
To  breathe  my  sweetest  perfume 

Upon  the  summer  air. 
With  my  flowery  companions, 

Blossom,  and  leaf,  and  spray, 
I  would  make  for  our  Bishop 

A  spiritual  bouquet. 

And  I  would  be  a  candlestick 
Of  silver  shining  bright, 

And  I  would  on  the  Altar  stand 

Holding  a  waxen  light, 
And  there  to  burn  at  holy  M 

How  happy  I  would  be, 
Upon  the  Becond  of  -I nly 

The  Silver  Jubilee. 

And  I  would  be  a  little  pyx 

Of  purest  Bilver  Bheen, 
As  pretty  and  as  brighl  a  one 

As  ever  yel  «a-  seen, 
.1  nsl  like  a  little  temple,  where 

Our  Lord  would  deign  to  come 

To  claim  it   for  1  lis  dwelling  place 

To  choose  it  as  His  home. 


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And  I  would  be  a  little  girl, 

Just  as  I  am  to-day, 
With  mind  to  think,  with  heart  to  love, 

With  power  to  work  and  pray. 
And  I  ean  help  to  celebrate 

This  happy  day,  you  see, 
And  wish  our  honored  Bishop  joy, 

Upon  his  Jubilee. 


ADDRESS  FROM  THE  GIRLS  OF  ST.  VINCENT'S  PAROCHIAL 

SCHOOL. 

June  26th,  1891. 

Rt.  Rev.  Father  :  Allow  us  to  offer  our  sincere  congratula- 
tions upon  your  Silver  Jubilee,  which  you  will  celebrate  in  a  few 
days.  Since  that  happy  day  which  made  you  a  chosen  minister 
of  God,  twenty-five  years  have  passed.  We  know  little  of  these 
long  eventful  years,  they  seem  to  us  a  great  many ;  but  we  do 
understand  and  appreciate  your  kindness  and  interest  in  our 
regard,  and  will  gratefully  remember  your  instructions  and  coun- 
sels. We  feel  sure  that  it  will  add  to  your  happiness  to  see  that 
souls  under  your  care  advance  in  virtue,  so  we,  though  only  a 
very  small  portion  of  your  flock,  will  endeavor  by  our  fidelity  to 
become  more  and  more  worthy  of  your  guardianship. 

We  beg  you  will  kindly  accept  this  little  token  of  our  respect 
and  affection,  with  our  best  wishes  and  earnest  prayers  for  your 
happiness  in  this  life,  and  everlasting  jubilee  in  the  life  to  come. 


ADDRESS  OF  HOSPITAL  BOYS. 
June  26,  1891. 

Rt.  Rev.  and  dear  Father : — As  the  joyous  celebration  of 
your  Silver  Jubilee  is  very  near,  and  you  have  honored  us  with 
your  presence  to-day,  we  deem  it  a  favorable  opportunity  to  offer 
you  our  heart-felt  greetings  in  anticipation  of  the  occasion. 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain\  D.D.  59 

We  thank  you  for  your  zealous  labors  in  our  behalf,  and  hope 
you  may  celebrate  your  golden  jubilee  also  in  oar  midst.  May 
the  Good  Master,  in  whose  vineyard  you  have  labored  so  faith- 
fully, reward  you  witli  an  increased  influx  of  graces  and  blessings 
both  for  yourself  and  the  sheep  and  lambs  under  your  pastoral 
care,  and  finally  may  you  receive  the  crowning  gift  of  all — a  death 
precious  in  His  sight. 

May  the  silver  chords  of  these  twenty-five  years  echo  through 
the  courts  of  heaven  and  vibrate  through  the  ears  and  hearts  of 
those  who  now  rejoice  there  through  your  ministry,  and  give  vent 
to  a  grand  hymn  of  jubilee  in  your  behalf,  in  which  we  shall  all 
join  in  spirit  until  it  shall  be  given  to  us  to  sing  with  you  and 
them  that  deep  song  of  joy  which  ear  hath  never  heard,  nor  hath 
it  entered  into  the  heart  of  man  to  conceive. 

SONG  OF  GREETING-HOSPITAL  BOYS. 
Junk  26,  1891. 
Dearest  Father,  we  salute  thee 
With  a  thousand  welcomes  here. 
On  your  jubilee  we  greet  thee 
From  our  inmost  hearts  sincere. 
Jubilate,  jubilate,  jubilate  in  a^ternum. 

We  rejoice  it  has  been  given 
Unto  you  so  kind  and  true, 
So  many  years  of  loyal  service 
in  the  ranks  of  the  chosen  few. 
Jubilate,  jubilate,  jubilate  in  ceternum. 

May  the  echo  of  these  years 

Sound  as  far  as  the  Golden  Gafo 

A  in  1  gladden  the  hearts  of  those  who  entered 

Tlirough  your  sacred  ministry. 

Jubilate,  jubilate,  jubilate  in  sternum. 

May  do  shadow  dim  the  Lustre 
Of  this  Silver  Jubilee. 


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May  it  be  a  foretaste  only 

Of  a  grand  eternity. 

Jubilate,  jubilate,  jubilate  in  seternum. 

BISHOP'S  SILVER  JUBILEE. 
Twenty-five  years  of  shade  and  sunshine, 
Years  of  toil  and  care, 
Years  of  faithful  duty, 
Years  of  constant  prayer. 

Solace  of  the  sick  and  suffering, 
Little  orphans  loving  stay. 
See  in  high  and  holy  duties, 
How  those  years  have  passed  away. 

The  older  ones  are  now  rejoicing 
And  we  children  shout  for  glee, 
Even  the  very  saints  in  heaven 
Share  this  Silver  Jubilee. 

May  they  crown  you  with  sweet  flowers 
From  the  fields  of  heaven  above. 
In  every  leaf  of  which  reposes, 
Some  act  of  your  paternal  love. 

Oh !  thou  kind  and  loving  father 
May  it  be  thy  lot  one  day, 
In  the  hour  of  solemn  judgment 
To  hear  our  dear  Lord  say, 
Come  thou  blessed  of  my  father, 
Come  and  share  our  jubilee. 
What  you  have  done  for  little  ones 
You  have  done  for  me. 

Rt.  Rev.  and  dear  Father:— We  are  delighted  to  have  the  op- 
portunity of  wishing  you  a  very  happy  Silver  Jubilee.  Last  year 
at  this  time  you  were  absent,  and  we  missed  you  so  much,  but  now 
we  are  so  glad  you  are  at  home  this  year.     A  Silver  Jubilee  is 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  K.ux,  D.D.  61 

always  a  grand  day,  and  when  it  i.s  a  bishop's  it  is  something  to 
remember  allone'slife.  No  doubt  you  will  have  a  grand  celebration, 
and  if  we  children  only  could  we  would  have  just  a  splendid  one, 
but  as  it  is,  we  can  only  thank  you  for  all  your  kindness  to  us,  and 
say  a  great  many  prayers  for  you  that  God  may  bestow  on  you 
His  best  blessings,  and  spare  you  to  celebrate  your  golden  jubilee. 


GREETING  OP  THE  LITTLE  BOYS  OF  ST.  JOHN'S  HOME. 
Junk  29th,  1891. 

'Tis  meet,  when  the  faithful  shepherd 
His  feast  of  joy  doth  keep, 
While  'round  him  gather,  rejoicing, 
His  own  beloved  sheep, — 
That  even  the  little  lambkins, 
The  weaklings  of  the  fold, 
To-day,  (as  glad  as  their  ciders), 
High  festival  should  hold  ! 

Lambs  of  a  blessed  Bheepfold, 

Snow-white  with  innocence, 

Behold  we  conic  in  this  hour 

Of  peace  and  joy  intense, — 

Around  our  shepherd  to  gather 

(Merry  a>  land's  can  be), 

To  keep  with  the  rest,  dear  Father, 

Thy  BiLVEB   .1  nai.KK  ! 

Mack  in  the  shadowy   HyAione, 

Long  years  ere  we  were  horn, 
A  rose  on  thy  favored  manhood, 
The  light  of  a  glorious  mora  ; 
A  day,  indeed,  of  Balvation, 

Whose  -mi  should  ne'er  go  down, 
The  feast  of  thine  ordination, 

Thy  priesthood's  peerless  crown  ! 


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"With  the  holy  oil  on  thy  forehead, 
With  the  sacred  stole  on  thy  neck, 
They  make  thee  a  priest  forever 
Like  unto  Melchisedeck  ; 
To  lift  at  the  blessed  altar 
The  mystic  bread  and  wine, — 
And  offer  in  "  clean  oblation," 
The  sacrifice  divine ! 

Thanks  to  God  who  hath  spared  thee 

Thro'  seasons  sad  or  gay, 

For  this  silver  crown  of  thy  priesthood, 

The  feast  that  we  keep  to-day ! 

And  the  prayer  that  rings  to  the  rafter, 

And  pierces  the  heavens  free, 

Is  : — May  He  give  thee  hereafter 

A  Golden  Jubilee ! 

— E..C.  D. 


SCHOOL  BOYS   AND   GIRLS   OF  ST.   JOHN'S  CHURCH,  BENWOOD. 

June  28th,  1891. 


We  keep  a  double  festival 

On  this  red-letter  day, 

Each  beams  a  solitary  star 

To  light  us  on  our  way. 

We  have  received  the  first  great  pledge 

Of  what  is  yet  to  be, 

And,  by  anticipation,  keep 

Our  Bishop's  Jubilee. 

He  came  to  lay  the  corner-stone 

Of  our  new  church  to-day  ; 

A  holy  tempi e  to  our  God 

Where  we  may  kneel  and  pray. 

And  where  our  Lord  Himself  will  come  ; 


of  Et.  Rev.  John  J.  Kain,  D.D.  63 

"What  can  more  fitting  l>e, 
Than  on  this  day  to  celebrate 
Our  Bishop's  Jubilee  ? 

And  when,  as  time  rolls  swiftly  on, 
This  structure  fair  shall  rise, 
And  take  us  to  its  sheltering  arms, 
And  point  us  to  the  Bkies  : 
Then,  when  we  see  our  hope  fulfilled, 
Will  not  fond  memory 
Recall  to  us  this  happy  day — 
Our  Bishop's  Jubilee  i 

Then  shall  our  prayers  ascend  for  him, 

As  they  ascend  to-day, 

That  angels  may  watch  over  him, 

And  keep  all  harm  away  : 

And  that  he  may,  as  years  roll  on, 

Still  loved  and  honored  be, 

As  now,  upon  this  happy  day, 

His  Silver  Jubilee. 

This  day  seems  like  an  emblem  fair 

Of  one,  celestial,  bright, 

When  earthly  darkness  fades,  and  comes 

A  morn  without  a  night. 

And  when  the  glorious  church  in  heaven 

All  robed  in  light  we 

Then  may  we  enter  there,  to  keep 

An  i  ndless  Jubilee. 


BOYS  AND  GIRLS  OF  ST.    MARY'S  CHURCH,   BOUTS    WIIK1- 

.Ii'nk::i);Ii.  1891. 

/if.  Si  v.  and  A  tr  Father: — Though  our  school  forma  but  ■ 
small  part  of  your  flock,  and  cannot  do  very  much  in  the  v. 


64  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

honoring  the  approaching  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  your  sublime 
calling  to  be  God's  holy  minister,  yet  we  determined  to  do  some- 
thing to  prove  to  you  that  our  young  hearts  are  joyous  over  your 
Jubilee,  and  we  shall  pray  that  the  silver  advent  may  be  crowned 
by  the  golden  one,  each  succeeding  year  adding  bright  gems  ill 
the  crown  awaiting  you  in  that  home  you  have  so  zealously  ln- 
bored  for  in  the  past  two  decades  and  a  half  of  years. 

Rt.  Rev.  Father,  with  love  and  respect  we  offer  you  a  little  gift, 
wishing  it  could  be  much  greater ;  but  accept  it,  though  small, 
from  hearts  that  shall  fondly  cherish  you,  and  pray  that  we  may 
ever  be  your  true  children  in  the  Lord. 


ST.  AUGUSTINE'S  SCHOOL,  GRAFTON,  W.  VA. 
Junk,  1891. 
Dear  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop :  We  anticipate  to-day  one  of  the  hap- 
piest days  of  your  life,  the  day  of  your  ordination  to  the  sacred 
ministry.  For  this  purpose  we  have  gathered  here,  to  offer  you  a 
thousand  congratulations  and  good  wishes.  The  return  of  your 
anniversary  this  year  will  be  the  twenty-fifth,  your  Silver  Jubilee, 
in  celebrating  which  we  join  most  heartily  with  all  the  children 
of  your  diocese  in  asking  God  to  shower  upon  you,  dear  Bishop, 
the  graces  and  blessings  which  your  zealous  labors  have  so  richly 
deserved.  Sixteen  of  the  twenty-live  have  been  passed  in  loving, 
devoted  service  in  our  own  diocese.  And  when  we  know  the 
heart  of  one  that  claims  us,  and  under  whose  paternal  charge  we 
are  placed,  we  cannot  but  feel  we  are  often  remembered  in  his 
prayers  ;  that  blessings,  too,  are  constantly  flowing  towards  us  from 
his  heart  and  hand,  for  a  kind  father  never  forgets  his  children, 
particularly  the  absent  ones.  When  we  least  think  it  or  are  per- 
haps engaged  in  our  daily  duties,  we  may  believe  that  our  father 
has  whispered  a  fervent  aspiration  to  heaven  for  our  spiritual  as 
well  as  our  temporal  welfare.  We  thank  you  then,  dear  Bishop, 
for  these  kind  remembrances  in  the  past,  and  for  the  prayers 
which  we  know  you  will  offer  for  us  in  the  future  at  God's  holy 


03    Rt.  Rev.  John  J.    K  u.\,  D.D.  65 

altar.  Accept  then,  dear  Bishop,  this  little  souvenir  of  your  Sil- 
ver Jubilee,  with  the  love  and  greetings  of  your  devoted  children 
of  St.  Augustine's. 


ADDRESS    OF    BERNARD  WINGERTER   IX    BEHALF    OF    BOYS    OF 

ST.  VINCENT'S  8CH00L. 

.J  i  i.y  l,  1891. 

Then  Master  Bernard  Wingerter,  in  a  clear  voice,  on  behalf 
of  the  pupils  of  St.  Vincent's  Select  School,  delivered  the  follow- 
ing address : 

Rt.  Rev.  Father: — Accept  our  warmest  congratulations  upon 
the  happy  occasion  of  your  Silver  Jubilee,  and  permit  us  to  ex- 
press our  pleasure  at  being  able  to  participate  in  the  celebration. 
We  wish  you  a  very  happy  day,  and  hope  we  may  live  to  Bee  yon 
celebrate  your  Golden  Jubilee.  We  will  then  be  men — some  of 
us  may  be  so  highly  favored  as  to  be  priests,  though,..)'  course, 
we  do  not  seem  much  like  them  now.  But  wc  hope  by  following 
your  teaching  and  example,  we  may  all  become  good  and  intelli- 
gent men,  fit  for  any  position  in  which  we  may  be  placed.  And 
when  that  day  comes,  what  a  -rami  celebration  we  will  have! 
Right  Reverend  Father,  we  thank  yoa  for  all  your  kindness  to  us, 
and  beg  your  acceptance  of  a  little  testimonial,  which  we  wish 
were  more  worthy  of  the  occasion. 


ODE  OF  THE  ANGEL'S  80DALITY. 

Jn.v  1st,   1891. 

In  the  white  lustre  of  celestial  light 

Of  silver  radiance,  serene  and  bright, 

Our  Lady's  Visitation  feasl  is  here, 

Our  Mother's  4i  Feasl  of  Graces,"  pure  and  dear 

The  while,  in  fancy,  we  behold  her   ilee 

From  Nazareth  to  Bebron;  while  we 

Ilei-  lovely,  shrouded  form  and  veiled  head 


66  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

Glide  np  the  mountain-steeps,  devoid  of  dread, 

Bearing  the  hidden  God,  while  'neath  her  feet, 

The  early  flow'rets  blossom,  fair  and  sweet. 

We  welcome  with  the  glad  Elizabeth, 

This  peerless  guest  from  hallow'd  Nazareth, 

This  Guest  of  guests,  who  bids  the  desert  bloom, 

And  sanctifies  the  Baptist  in  the  womb, 

Who  sheds  abroad  in  ev'ry  time  and  place, 

The  matchless  glory  of  her  virgin  face ! 

And  who,  to-day,  comes  smiling  from  the  East, 

To  crown  our  Prelate's  ordination  feast. 

Dear  Pastor  of  our  souls  !  thrice  welcome  be  ! 
Within  these  happy  halls  we  honor  thee ; 
The  vision  of  thy  face  in  these  glad  hours, 
Is  to  our  souls  like  dew  to  thirsting  flowers  ; 
Or  like  the  light  that  gilds  the  jocund  day, 
When  night's  dark  shadow  vanishes  away  ! 

Upon  the  chaplet  of  thy  priestly  years, 
(Time's  silver  rosary  of  smiles  and  tears), 
Angels,  to-day,  lov'd  Shepherd  of  the  fold  ! 
Two  decades  and  a  half  have  softly  told — 
And  every  bead  that  through  their  fingers  rolls, 
Records  some  gain  for  God,  some  good  for  souls. 
Methinks  this  feast,  this  hour  recalls  to  thee 
That  feast,  that  hour  of  deathless  memory, 
When  on  thy  head  and  on  thy  willing  neck, 
Was  laid  the  priesthood  of  Melchisedeck. 
And  thou,  like  Mary,  wert  ordained  to  bear 
Within  thy  hands,  the  Lamb  divinely  fair  ; 
Or,  hiding  in  thy  breast,  the  great  High  Priest, 
Found  every  day  a  Visitation  Feast, 
A  feast  of  graces  to  the  sick  and  dying, 
And  unto  all  in  error's  darkness  lying  ! 


of  Br.  Rev.  Johs  J.    Kadt,   D.D.  67 

A  priest  thou  art  forever  !  wondrous  -rare, 
Conferred  upon  thee  in  love's  holy  place  I 
'Tie  fitting  that  to-day,  both  Bweet  and  strong, 
Thy  lips  should  chant  our  Lady's  blessed  song, 
"  Magnificat  !  My  soul  doth  magnify, 
The  Lord,  and  in  my  God  on  high 
My  spirit  doth  rejoice  !  "    The  Mighty  One 
Hath  done  great  things  to  ///".,  His  chosen  son, 
And  holy  is  His  Name  !   0  Angels  bright, 
Who  guided  Mary  unto  Hebron's  height, 
And  breathed  the  flowers'  delicate  perfume 
That  neath  her  sandals  burgeoned  into  bloom, 
Come  hither  on  your  brightly  waving  win 
And  shed  the  blessing  of  the  King  of  kings 
Upon  our  Prelate's  feast  !     Sweet  Mary,  come, 
And  bring  dear  Jesus  from  II is  heavenly  home. 
To  bless  our  Father's  Selves  Jubd  be, 
As  once  He  blessed  the  home  of  Zachary  ! 
Go  with  him  through  the  years  that  still  remain, 
His  hope,  his  solace  in  each  care  and  pain — 
Light  of  his  pathway,  lamp  unto  his  feet, 
Guiding  him  safely  to  the  mercy  seat  ; 
Turning  the  thorns  that  hedge  this  world  of  ours, 
Into  the  glory  of  immortal  dowers  ; 
And  giving  to  him,  "  after  many  days," 
Beyond  the  grave,  a  life  of  love  and  pn 
God's  glorious  guerdon  of  eternity, 

The  saints'  and  angel.-'  endle  B    jubilee! 

LNOB  <  J.    1  ►ONNBLLl  ■ 
i  Recited  by  Miss  Btta  W.-ii,-, 


IN  ST.  JOSEPH'S. 

Thk  Rimi.i.iam   JuBILSI   ExBBOISl  it. 

The  opening  exi  E  the  Bishop's  Jubilee  will  begin  this 

evening  in  a  celebration  t<>  be  given  at  Convent  by  the  pupils  of 


68  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

St.  Joseph's  Academy,  under  the  direction  of  the  sisters  of  St. 
Joseph.  An  elaborate  programme  of  music  and  addresses  has 
been  prepared  and  the  entertainment  will  doubtless  be  a  worthy 
and  auspicious  opening  of  the  great  demonstration.  The  pro- 
gramme is  as  follows : 

Opening  Hymn Sodalities 

Address  on  behalf  of  the  boys  of  St.  Vincent  School.  ... 

Bernard  Wingerter 

Piano  Sextette Pupils  from  St.  Joseph's 

Ode   on   behalf   of  the   Angel  Sodality,  composed   by 

Eleanor  C.  Donnelly read  by  Miss  Etta  Weitzel 

Yocal  Trio Smart 

Misses  Susie  Reister,  Josephine  Flading  and  Katie  Gaither. 

Jubilee  Poem,  composed  by  Dr.  Charles  A.  Wingerter,  read  by 

Miss  Mary  O'Kane. 

Piano  Quartette Auber 

Miss  Tenie  Shafer,  Katie  Cameron  and  Delia  McFadden. 
Address  on  behalf  of  the  pupils  of  St.  Joseph's  Academy 

Miss  Delia  McFadden 

Jubilee    Chorus,  with  accompaniment  for   two   pianos, 

composed  for  the  occasion  by  Rev".  J.  B.  Bauer 

Pupils  of  Academy 

The  features  of  the  programme  will  be  Dr.  Wingerter's  jubi- 
lee poem  and  the  jubilee  chorus  by  Rev.  Bauer.  Rev.  Bauer  has 
the  reputation  of  being  an  accomplished  musician  and  his  chorus 
is  said  to  be  a  very  fine  production. 

JUBILEE  POEM. 

Following  is  the  complete  text  of  the  beautiful  poem  to  be 
read  by  Miss  O'Kane. 

A  score  and  five  of  golden  years  have  run, 
Since  rose  for  thee  that  long-awaited  sun 
That  ushered  in  thy  priesthood's  natal  day, 
That  morn  a  priest,  thou  art  a  priest  alway. 
O  blessed  morn  for  thee !    Sure  even  now 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.   K  .m,  D.D.  69 

The  halo  of  its  memory  lights  thy  brow ! 

Expectant,  all  aflame  with  joy,  yet  awed, 

Low  kneeling  at  the  altar-step  of  God, 

Thou  prayedst  that  thou  might'st  always  worthyibear 

And  keep  thy  priesthood's  lily  pure  and  fair. 

Deep  in  the  hush  that  told  how  God  was  near 

To  claim  thee  all  His  own,  what  hopes,  what  fears, 

And  oh  !  What  wond'rous  thrill  thou  must  have  known 

When  o'er  thy  shoulders  priesthood's  robe  was  tin-own. 

How  all  the  meaning  of  each  holy  rite 

Grew  evermore  still  vaster  to  thy  sight, 

And  made  thee  know  why  symbols  teach  so  much. 

Thy  bound  up  hands;  the  chrism's  fruitful  touch; 
The  priestly  breath  ;  the  waving  hands  that  blest; 
The  sacred  robes  that  priestly  form  invest ; 
All  these  were  big  with  awful  meaning  then, 
New — flashing  to  thy  watching  spirit's  ken. 

That  morning  was  a  life-time  in  its  joy ; 
A  golden  day  that  time  cannot  alloy. 
A  priest!  thou  wert  God's  priest,  to  whom  'tis  given 
To  bind  on  earth  and  it  is  bound  in  heaven  ; 
To  loose  and  at  the  word,  God  wills  it  loosed, 
An  "Alter  Christus,"  Christ  in  man  infused. 
Thy  mission  like  to  Christ's  and  His  divine. 
What  grander  office  has  the  world  than  thine  1 

To  bear  the  torch  of  Truth  throughout  the  earth; 
To  claim  the  new  born  God  e'en  at  his  birth; 
To  teach  the  living  and  to  bless  the  dead  ; 

To  pour  sweet  balm  on  sorrow's  Btricken  head  ; 

To  lift  the  fallen  and  to  Lead  him  home  ; 

To  warn  the  thoughtless  souls  Lesl  they  should  roam, 

Or  call  them  back  from  sin's  enticing  path, 

And  make  thi  of  ['rare  who  were  of  wrath  ; 

To  make  each  fellow-man  Christ's  willing  thrall  ; 

To  be,  in  love  a  Father  unto  all 


70  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

Such  is  the  Priest's  high  office ;  happy  thou 

To  have  this  seal  of  priesthood  on  thy  brow, 

And  we  are  happy  too,  thy  children  dear 

To  mark  thy  lengthening  priest-time,  year  by  year ; 

To  count  the  silver  milestones  that  are  past, 

Each  one  a  glory  added  to  the  last. 

And  yet  our  count  is  half  a  useless  thing 
For  years  were  made  to  mark  what  may  take  wing, 
And  thy  great  office  is  no  thing  of  night ; 
It  cannot  cease  or  die  whilst  right  is  right 
And  God  is  God ;  thou  art  a  priest  for  aye 
Thro'  twilight  Time  and  Heaven's  glorious  day 
That  has  no  night,  nor  stars,  nor  any  moon, 
But  is  one  brilliant  never-ending  noon. 
Of  time  alone  we  keep  our  count  and  care  ; 
Time  is  of  God's  eternity,  man's  share. 
And  yet  in  vain  we  count;  for  not  by  years 
Should  life  be  counted,  but  by  hopes  and  fears. 
By  heart  throbs,  high  resolves  and  good  deeds  done, 
And  battles  over  self  and  evil  won. 
Good  only  lives  ;  vain,  lost  is  all  the  rest ; 
He  lives  the  longest  who  has  lived  the  best. 

Thy  priesthood  then  has  been  in  passing  long  ; 
For   thou  has  nobly  fought  against  the  wrong, 
Hast  been  thy  people's  helper,  comfort,  hope, 
Hast  taught  them  how  with  life  and  sin  to  cope. 
When  duty  called  thou  thoughtest  not  to  shirk, 
God  only  knows  how  great  has  been  thy  work  ; 
How  many  erring  souls  thy  zeal  has  saved  ; 
How  many  tainted  ones  with  pardon  laved ; 
How  many  stumbling  ones  thou  hast  upheld  ; 
How  many  weak  ones  lovingly  compelled. 
When  duty  called  thou  hast  not  stinted  aught  ; 
Thy  every  prayer  and  hope  and  deed  and  thought 
Have  been  for  God  and  what  he  gave  to  do  ; 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.   Kaix,  D.  D.  71 

The  face  of  earth  to  sanctify,  renew. 

And  now  to-day  God  blesses  from  above, 
Full  surely  whispering  to  thee,  all  in  lo 
"  Well  done  the  tasks  that  have  been  given  thi 
Strive  nobly  still,  thy  guerdon  I  shall  be." 
Well  done  !  Well  done  !     This  is  thy  present  crown, 
More  precious  far  than  gold  or  vain  renown. 
The  future  is  with  God.     Thy  children  pray 
In  this  the  twilight  of  thy  silver  day, 
That  we  again  may  greet  thee'lovingly 
To  celebrate  thy  Golden  jubilee. 
Nor  this  alone;  we  hope  for  this  on  earth  ; 
But  when  through  death  life  knows  it>  other  birth, 
When  time  and  matter  and  the  things  that  die 
Savi  I  to  be.  may  we  be  there  on  high, 

Palm-bearing,  'mid  the  white-robed  train.-. 
About  the  throne  where  God  eternal  reig 
To  heai-  His  Father  voice  repeat — "  Well  don<  . 
For  mark  of  endless  Jubilee  begun. 


ADDRESS  IN  BEHALF  OF  THE  PUPILS  OF  ST.  JOSEPH'S  A.CADEMY. 

Jn.Y  1st,   1881. 

lit.  Rev.  Father: — Twenty-five  years  ago,  on  the  beautiful 
Feast  of  the  Visitation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  you  consecrated 
your  life  entirely  to  God,  by  being  raised  to  flu:  dignity  of  the 
priesthood.  For  twenty-five  years  our  Blessed  Lady  has 
guided  you  along  the  toilsome  paths  of  your  duty,  repaying 
your  zeal  and  devotion  with  her  maternal  protection.  Under  her 
guidance  you  have  risen  to  the  Bacred  dignity  of  a  Chief  Pastor 
of  the  fold  of  Christ,  an.!  thi.-,  day  we  assemble  to  celebrate  the 
joyful  occasion  of  your  Silver  Jubilee.  We,  the  younger  mem- 
bers of  your  flock,  highly  appreciate  our  privilege  of  being  per- 
mitted to  assist  at  this  celebration.     It  is  a  day  of   rejoiciE 

all,  the  prie8tfl  and  the  people,  the  old  and  the  young.      it  i-  a  day 


72  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee 

on  which  the  whole  flock  assemble  around  their  Chief  Pastor,  to 
congratulate  him  upon  having  been  for  twenty-five  years  a  guide 
along  the  paths  of  peace  that  lead  to  the  promised  land.  We  also 
wish  to  express  our  happiness  in  possessing  such  a  guide.  We 
beg  the  favor  of  your  acceptance  of  a  memorial  of  the  day  from  the 
Academy  boys  and  girls  and  the  members  of  the  different  Sodali- 
ties, and  we  earnestly  pray  that  during  your  future  life  you  may 
continue  to  lead  your  flock  through  the  green  pastures  of  holiness 
beside  the  still  waters  of  peace  until  you  reach  the  heavenly  Jeru- 
salem, there  to  exchange  the  mitre  for  a  crown,  the  crosier  for 
the  palm  of  victory. 

Della  McFadden. 


A  FITTING  DEMONSTRATION. 

The  demonstration  in  honor  of  the  Sacerdotal  Silver  Jubilee  of 
E-t.  Rev.  Bishop  Kain  to-morrow  will  be  a  fitting  tribute  to  a  man 
who  has  contributed  ably  and  wisely  to  the  cause  of  his  church 
and  the  advancement  of  his  fellow-men.  Not  only  in  Wheeling, 
but  throughout  his  diocese,  Bishop  Kain  has  been  active  in  works 
of  benevolence  and  reform,  a  leader  in  educational  matters,  and 
prominent  in  enterprises  that  tend  to  the  general  good.  His  posi- 
tion has  given  him  a  power  which  he  has  wielded  wisely  and  well. 
The  News  sincerely  hopes,  and  it  believes  it  voices  the  sentiments 
of  the  large  majority  of  the  people  of  Wheeling  without  regard 
to  sect,  that  the  distinguished  object  of  to-morrow's  demonstration 
will  be  spared,  in  all  his  vigor,  to  celebrate  his  golden  jubilee. — 
Wheeling  News. 


RT.  REV.  DR.  KAIN'S  REPLY  TO  THE  ADDRESSES  AT  THE  JUBI- 
LEE EXERCISES,  ST.  JOSEPH'S  ACADEMY. 

July  1st,  1891. 
When  Bishop  Kain  arose  to  respond  to  the  many  expressions 
of  love,  and  to  thank  the  Sodality  children  also  for  their  hand- 


of  Rt.  Eev.  John  J.   K.ux,  D.D.  73 

some  gifts,  it  was  with  a  voice  filled  with  emotion.  He  spoke  «»f 
the  occasion  which  drew  forth  the  assembled  audience,  and  said 
he  certainly  appreciated  it  with  all  his  heart.  For  twenty-five 
years  he  had  been  permitted  to  exercise  the  duties  of  a  priest. 
Five  and  twenty  years  ago  he  had  knelt  in  a  little  chapel  with  thir- 
teen companions  and  received  the  Holy  Orders.  It  was  a  day  he 
had  anxiously  looked  forward  to — a  day  of  joy;  a  day  which  year 
after  year  he  had  commemorated,  with  the  sentiment  that  should 
fill  the  heart  of  every  priest.  He  spoke  of  the  sacred  privileges 
vested  in  the  priesthood,  the  administration  of  the  sacraments. 
The  power  was  not  given  for  the  priests  alone,  but  for  the  benefit 
of  God's  people.  For  twenty-five  years  he  had  been  exercising 
these  powers,  for  his  own  benefit  and  that  of  those  under  his 
charge.  He  was  filled  with  the  spirit  of  the  holy  occasion,  but, 
after  all,  it  was  meant  not  to  honor  him  personally,  but  the  sacred 
priesthood.  Continuing  he  said  :  "  I  have  exercised  the  priestly 
functions  among  you  for  the  greater  part  of  these  live  and  twenty 
years,  for  sixteen  or  more.  I  have  not  only  tried  to  speak  the 
truths  of  salvation  and  lead  you  in  the  paths  of  rectitude,  hut  have 
also  through  the  ministry  committed  to  me  bestowed  upon  you 
those  wonderful  graces  of  God.  During  these  years  strong  ties 
have  grown  up  between  us,  not  only  those  ties  that  unite  the  flock 
to  the  shepherd,  the  congregation  to  the  pastor,  but  yet  more  ten- 
der ties,  those  of  the  father  and  his  children.  There  are  done  of 
my  charge  with  whom  I  am  thrown  more  familiarly  than  the  chil- 
dren of  the  schools,  and  the  Sodalities.     I   have  endeavored  to 

teach  you  to  walk  in  the  paths  of  Christian  virtue,  and  to  practice 

faithfully  the  duties  of  good  Catholic  children.  1  have  rea 
in  your  company  the  happiness  of  a  lather  commingling  with  his 
children.  At  your  little  diversions,  I  have  taken  pari  in  your 
pastimes  and  recreations,  and  while  it  was  a  pleasure  to  me,  your 
smiling  faces  proved  it  was  a  joy  to  yon.  And  these  pleasant  re- 
lations of  father  and  children  were  strengthened  in  the  y< 
spent  among  you.  I  may  Bay,  in  all  sincerity,  that  nowhere  have 
I  had  more  pleasure  than  in  commingling  with  you.     You  have 


74  Sacerdotal  Silvek  Jubilee 

been  to  me  a  reward  for  all  my  labors  in  the  sacred  ministry, 
entering  as  a  ray  of  sunshine  in  my  troubles.  I  trust  that  in  the 
years  that  I  may  remain  among  you  our  present  relations  will 
never  change,  and  when  we  meet  at  that  unending  jubilee  around 
the  throne  of  God,  I  can  point  to  you  and  say,  in  the  words  of 
St.  Paul,  '  Here  are  my  jewels.'  " 


IN  THE  MASTER'S  VINEYARD. 

A:  truce  to  labor  for  a  moment's  space ! 

The  Master  bids  it.     Lo  !  the  day  is  spent — 

Thy  silver  day.  Full  nobly  hast  thou  bent 
Unto  the  task  He  gave.  Thy  work  of  grace 
Within  His  vineyard,  growing  all  apace, 

Invites  thee  pause  a  moment  in  content 

Upon  the  vine-clad  sunrise  slope's  ascent, 
To  meet  His  glad  "  Well  done  !  "  and  sweet  embrace. 

Himself  hath  seen  thy  labors :  Weed  and  thorn 

And  storm  of  hate  have  not  made  thee  recoil. 

Keep  courage  yet !     Rich  guerdon  shall  be  thine  ; 
And  morrow  ushers  in  another  morn 

Whose  golden  beams  will  ripe  each  clustered  vine, 

And  haste  the  harvesting  of  all  thy  toil. 

Charles  A.  Wingertek. 


ST.  JOSEPH'S,  WEST  VIRGINIA. 

June  29th,  1891. 
Rt.  Rev.  and  Beloved  Bishop: 

We,  the  undersigned,  hereby  send  Your  Lordship  our  best 
wishes  on  your  Silver  Jubilee  in  the  Priesthood : 
1866— July  2nd— 1891 
May  the  Lord  God  preserve  you  in  health  and  strength,  may 
He  shower  down  upon  you  many  blessings  during  your  sojourn 


of  Rt.  Rev.  John  J.  Kaix,  D.D.  75 

here  in  this  vale  of  tears,  misery  and  want.  After  many  more 
celebrations  of  the  anniversary  of  your  ordination  to  the  priest- 
hood, and  when  the  days  allotted  to  you  in  this  pilgri 
are  ended,  may  the  Triune  God,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
place  a  crown  of  never-fading  brightness  and  beauty  upon  your 
brow  for  your  deeds  here  on  earth. 

John  Baker,  sr.,  Wendel  Haid,  John  Scheibclhut,  Joseph 
Klug,  sr. — Board  of  Trustees.  Joseph  Nolte,  Theodor  Brink- 
meier,  sr.,  Joseph  Breiding,  John  Kress,  sr.,  John  Hurley,  John 
Bickar,  M.  A.  Bickar,  P.M.,  John  Jstep,  John  jr.,  John 

Burkhardt,  sr.,  George  Jstep,  Joseph  Jstep,  Henry  Jstep,  George 
Herrmann,  Frederic  Wehmann,  sr.,  George  King,  Peter  -I. 
Bickar,  Casper  Becker,  William  Beeker,  Joseph  Becker,  Gi 
Heurich,  William  Schaefer,  John  Wiegand,  Frank  Schaefer, 
Joseph  Wiegand,  Theodor  Koltz,  Joseph  Scheibclhut,  Ernst 
Wehmann,  George  Hohinann,  sr.,  Adolph Breiding,  Killian  Klug; 
Anthony  Frohnapfel,  Frank  Brinkmeier,  Frederic  W.  Wehmann, 
Michael  Wehmann,  Joseph  Faust,  Andrew  Jaeger,  Charles  Nolte, 
Frank  Tewes,  George  Wiegand,  John  Karl,  Joseph  Frohnapfel, 
Joseph  Boesherz,  Mattlueus  Haid,  Henry  dug,  John  Henrich,  A. 
J.  Stein. 

Catharina  Mlug,  Angela  Kress,  Josephine  Jstep,  Margaret 
Klug,  Frances  Herrmann,  Barbara  Bickar,  Josephine  King,  Oani- 
gnnda  Hohinann,  Gertrude  Hacke,  Genovefa  Blatt,  Mary  Froh- 
napfel, Anna  Breiding,  Margaret  Scheibelhut,  Mary  C.  Haid, 
Elizabeth  Singer,  Catharine  Burkhardt,  Elizabeth  Brinkmeier, 
Catharina  Becker,  Rosa  Koltz,  .Mary  A.  Scheibelhnt,  Victoria 
Karl,  Margaret  Boesherz,  Teresia  Jstep,  Catherine  E.  Stender, 
Barbara  Heurich,  Gertrude  Stein. 

Accept  once  more  our  besl  wishes  and  prayers,  as  also  this 

-mall  gift  from  the  above  named  pail' 

Yoi  k  Sim  ki;k  a  m  >   DsYOTED  ChILDBBS   in  <  'm:i>T. 

From  St.  Joseph's,  Marshall  Co.,  W.  7a. 

(///  em  >.) 

Ivl  v.   (    h  L8.    I'.  SOHTLPP. 


76  Saoebdotal  Silver  Jubilee. 

What  words  can  more  fitly  eonclude  this  memorial  compilation 
than  the  mottoes  referred  to  in  the  Register's  account  of  the  Sil- 
ver Jubilee  :  "  Sacerdos  et  Pontifex,"  ("  Priest  and  Bishop") — 
the  two  events  of  the  twenty-five  years  ;  "  Deo  Gratias,"  ("  Thanks 
be  to  God  ") — the  diocese's  gratitude  to  God  for  the  same ;  "Ad 
multos  annos,"  ("  For  many  years ") — the  diocese's  wish  and 
prayer  that  its  Bishop  may  be  spared  for  many  years ;  "  Aureus 
Argenteo  succedat  annus  jubilseus,"  ("  May  the  Golden  succeed 
the  Silver  jubilee.") — a  wish  most  heartful  that  Wheeling's  Bis- 
hop may  live  to  celebrate  his  fifty  years  of  priesthood  and  of  epis- 
copate. A  more  numerous  clergy  and  laity  would  then  greet  him 
warmly  and  affectionately ;  but  the  compiler  of  these  notes  con- 
fidently feels  that  more  warmth  of  affection,  profounder  reverence 
or  more  manifest  loyalty  will  not  exist  in  the  spiritual  children, 
clerical  and  laical,  whose  privilege  it  may  be  to  celebrate  Rt.  Rev. 
John  J.  Kain's  Golden  Jubilee. 


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